Book contents
- God, the Good, and the Spiritual Turn in Epistemology
- God, the Good, and the Spiritual Turn in Epistemology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Toward the Overcoming of the Lockean View of Faith and Reason
- Part II The Christian Faith as Part of Both the Problem of Inconclusiveness and Its Solution
- Part III The Spiritual Turn
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 August 2022
Book contents
- God, the Good, and the Spiritual Turn in Epistemology
- God, the Good, and the Spiritual Turn in Epistemology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Toward the Overcoming of the Lockean View of Faith and Reason
- Part II The Christian Faith as Part of Both the Problem of Inconclusiveness and Its Solution
- Part III The Spiritual Turn
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
Summary
The author shows the limits of the common assumption that beliefs supported by more evidence should always be preferred to beliefs supported by less evidence. This assumption falls into self-referential contradiction; furthermore, it does not explain inconclusiveness, that is, the property of debates – especially the religious ones – whose protagonists are not ready to change their mind, however convincing contrary evidence may appear to them to be.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022