The virtues of belief: toward a non-evidentialist ethics of belief-formation

William Kingdon Clifford famously argued that “it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.” His ethics of belief can be construed as involving two distinct theses—a moral claim (that it is wrong to hold beliefs to which one is not entitled) and an...

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Main Author: Amesbury, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Nature B. V 2008
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 25-37
Further subjects:B Ethics of belief
B Doxastic voluntarism
B Evidentialism
B Belief-formation
B Self-deception
B Clifford
B Virtue Ethics
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