RT Article
T1 Faith and hope in situations of epistemic uncertainty
JF Religious studies
VO 55
IS 3
SP 319
OP 335
A1 Palmqvist, Carl-Johan
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1671219619
AB 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.
DO 10.1017/S0034412518000239