Transmitting Faith (and Garbage)
Part One of the paper argues against evidentialism and individualism in religiousepistemology, and in favor of a social turn in the field. The idea here is that humanbelief in general, and religious belief in particular, is largely characterized by epistemicdependence on other persons. An adequate...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2018]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 85-104 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Faith
/ Knowledge
/ Mediation (Philosophy)
/ Tradition
/ Cultural persistance
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
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| Summary: | Part One of the paper argues against evidentialism and individualism in religiousepistemology, and in favor of a social turn in the field. The idea here is that humanbelief in general, and religious belief in particular, is largely characterized by epistemicdependence on other persons. An adequate epistemology, it is agued, ought to recognizeand account for social epistemic dependence.Part Two considers a problem that becomes salient when we make such a turn. Inshort, how are we to understand the transmission of knowledge and rational faith in areligious tradition? The problem arises because, by all accounts, even the best traditionstransmit superstitions, self-serving prejudices, and other things that are down right falseon any reasonable view. So how is it that these same traditions can also transmit rationalfaith and even knowledge by means of the very same channels, for example channels ofreligious authority and religious teaching?Part Three offers a tentative solution to this problem. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v10i3.2604 |