An argument for the perspectival account of faith

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ID7166334
AuthorsChris Tweedt (0000-0001-7348-1691, Christopher Newport University, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume61
Issue4
Pages774-793
Publication date2025-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligious Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-4125 • E-ISSN: 1469-901X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0034412523001142
OpenAlexW4391748739
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited49

Faith, I argue, is a value-oriented perspective, where the subject has a pro-attitude towards the object of the perspective. After summarizing the perspectival account of faith and its upshots that are relevant to the proceeding argument, I give an extended explanatory, cumulative case argument for the account by showing that the perspectival account of faith explains the data that alternative accounts of faith seek to explain, including why faith is present in paradigmatic cases of faith and the truth, or perceived truth, of various statements about faith. In addition, I argue that the perspectival account of faith explains the plausibility of alternative accounts of faith; each of the alternative accounts of faith focuses on a feature or consequence of faith, according to the perspectival account, which we would expect if other faith theorists seek but incorrectly identify the correct account of faith

Argument (complex analysis) · Epistemology · Faith · Biochemistry · Chemistry · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Theology and Philosophy of Evil

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