Believing by Faith: An Essay in the Epistemology and Ethics of Religious Belief

by John Bishop

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Can it be justifiable to commit oneself 'by faith' to a religious claim when its truth lacks adequate support from one's total available evidence? In Believing by Faith, John Bishop defends a version of fideism inspired by William James's 1896 lecture 'The Will to Believe'. By critiquing both 'isolationist' (Wittgensteinian) and Reformed epistemologies of religious belief, Bishop argues that anyone who accepts that our publicly available evidence...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:019920554X

ISBN13:9780199205547

Release Date:May 2007

Publisher:Clarendon Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Philosophy Religion Religion & Spirituality

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