Aquinas on Believing God
Aquinas says that faith is belief about things one does not "see" for oneself. But if you do not see it for yourself, what makes your belief reasonable? Recent interpreters have missed a key part of Aquinas's answer, namely, that faith is believing God (credere Deo). In other words, t...
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格式: | 電子 Article |
語言: | English |
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[2015]
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Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Year: 2015, 卷: 89, Pages: 97-107 |
IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KDB Roman Catholic Church VA Philosophy |
Further subjects: | B
BELIEF & doubt
B Justification (Christian theology) B FAITH & reason B Translators B theory of knowledge |
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總結: | Aquinas says that faith is belief about things one does not "see" for oneself. But if you do not see it for yourself, what makes your belief reasonable? Recent interpreters have missed a key part of Aquinas's answer, namely, that faith is believing God (credere Deo). In other words, they have not given sufficient attention to the formal object of faith. As a result, they overemphasize other parts of his answer Drawing partly on recent epistemology of testimony, I explain how the formal object of faith contributes to the justification of one's faith. |
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ISSN: | 2153-7925 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: American Catholic Philosophical Association, Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/acpaproc2016122855 |