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Chapter 4 - Rethinking the Nature and Purpose of Debates

Mitchell, Practical Rationality, Religious Disagreement, A-Rational Commitments, and “Quasi-Fideism”

from Part II - The Christian Faith as Part of Both the Problem of Inconclusiveness and Its Solution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2022

Roberto Di Ceglie
Roberto Di Ceglie
Affiliation:
Pontificia Università Lateranense, Rome
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The author argues that the firmness of faith championed by outstanding representatives of the Christian tradition is incompatible with the view that one should always prefer beliefs supported by more evidence to beliefs supported by less evidence. The author considers and refutes some perspectives that more or less implicitly minimize this incompatibility. He argues that the Christian faith offers an opportunity to rethink the nature and purpose of debates and to develop a more comprehensive and fruitful epistemological view.

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Christianitymere epistemologyevidence and argumentsinconclusivenessreligious disagreementtenacity of beliefa-rational commitmentsquasi-fideism
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God, the Good, and the Spiritual Turn in Epistemology , pp. 88 - 116
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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