The Right to Believe: Perspectives in Religious Epistemology

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The Right to Believe

Perspectives in Religious Epistemology

Edited by: Dariusz Lukasiewicz

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2012

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In the twentieth century, many contemporary epistemologists in the analytic tradition have entered into debate regarding the right to belief with new tools: Richard Swinburne, Anthony Kenny, Alvin Plantinga, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Peter van Inwagen (who contributes a piece in this volume) defending or contesting the requirement of evidence for any justified belief. The best things we can do, it seems, is to examine more attentively the true notion of “right to believe”, especially about religious matters. This is exactly what authors of the papers in this book do.

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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	7
Russell’s China Teapot Peter van Inwagen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	11
Religious Belief and Evidence from Testimony John Greco Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	27
Steps Towards an Epistemology of Revelation Roger Pouivet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	47
Faith As an Epistemic Good According to Aristotle: Towards an Aristotelian Understanding of the Act of Faith Michel Bastit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
Aquinas and the Will to Believe Cyrille Michon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	73
To Be in Truth or not to Be Mistaken? Piotr Gutowski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	85
Do We Have the Epistemic Right to Believe in Jesus? An Epistemological Analysis of Some Arguments for Credibility of Christianity Jacek Wojtysiak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
Religious Beliefs in the Face of Rationalism Urszula M. Żegleń Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	115
Believing the Self-Contradictory Fabien Schang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
Logic, Right to Unbelief and Freedom Jan Woleński Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	141
Scepticism and Religious Belief The Case of Sextus Empiricus Renata Ziemińska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
Are We Morally Obliged to Be Atheists? Marian Przełęcki on the Right to Believe Dariusz Łukasiewicz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	161
Can There Be Supernaturalism without Theism? Contra Tooley’s Thesis Gabriele De Anna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	179
On the Interrelation between Forgiveness, Rationality and Faith Gerhard Heinzmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	213
Transfiguration of Human Consciousness and Eternal Life Stanisław Judycki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	225
Notes on the Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	237
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241

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eBook published on:

May 2, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9783110320169

Hardcover published on:

December 15, 2011

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110319972

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244

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110320169

eBook ISBN: 9783110320169

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110319972

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Erkenntnistheorie; Philosophie; Religionsphilosophie

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