Faith and hope in situations of epistemic uncertainty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20312640 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carl-Johan Palmqvist (0000-0002-4087-4226, Lund University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 319-335 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religious Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4125 • E-ISSN: 1469-901X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034412518000239 |
| OpenAlex | W2792073344 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 15 |
When it comes to religion, lack of conclusive evidence leads many reflective thinkers to embrace agnosticism. However, pure agnosticism does not necessarily have to be the final word; there are other attitudes one might reasonably adopt in a situation of epistemic uncertainty. This article concentrates on J. L. Schellenberg's proposal that non-doxastic propositional faith is available even when belief is unwarranted. Schellenberg's view is rejected since his envisaged notion of faith conflicts with important epistemic aims. Instead, it is suggested that a combination of hope and ‘occasional’ faith constitutes a substantive religious pro-attitude rationally available in situations of epistemic uncertainty
Agnosticism · Atheism · Doxastic logic · Epistemology · Faith · Skepticism · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
Forms of belief-less religion
Belief, Faith, and Hope
Desiderata for Rational, Non-doxastic Faith
On the rationality of semi-secular simultaneity
On evolutionary religion (in interaction with Rottschaefer, Elliott, Dumsday, and Palmqvist)
The Independence of Schellenbergian Nondoxasticism
A Non-Doxastic Fear of Hell
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |