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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Springer Nature B. V
2008
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 25-37 |
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Ethics of belief
B Doxastic voluntarism B Evidentialism B Belief-formation B Self-deception B Clifford B Virtue Ethics |
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