The Prospects for Debunking Non-Theistic Belief

According to The Debunking Argument, evidence from the cognitive science of religion suggests that it is epistemically inappropriate to persist in believing in the theistic God. In this paper, I focus on a reply to this argument according to which the evidence from cognitive science says nothing abo...

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Main Author: Robinson, Thaddeus (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands [2021]
In: Sophia
Year: 2021, Volume: 60, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-89
Further subjects:B Cognitive Science
B Non-theistic
B Religion
B Debunking
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Summary:According to The Debunking Argument, evidence from the cognitive science of religion suggests that it is epistemically inappropriate to persist in believing in the theistic God. In this paper, I focus on a reply to this argument according to which the evidence from cognitive science says nothing about the epistemic propriety of belief in the theistic God, since God may have chosen to create human beliefs in God by means of precisely the systems identified by cognitive scientists. I argue that this reply can be extended to a variety of non-theistic contexts, and consequently that if the reply is sound, then the scope of The Debunking Argument is surprisingly limited.
ISSN:1873-930X
Contains:Enthalten in: Sophia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11841-019-00750-y