1st Edition
A Philosophy of Faith Belief, Truth and Varieties of Commitment
182 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
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Faith occupies an important place in human lives. It can be directed towards God, friends, political systems and sports teams, and is said to help people through crises and to motivate people to achieve life goals. But what is faith? Philosophers and theologians have, for centuries, been concerned with questions about the rationality of faith, but more recently, have focussed on what kind of... Read more
Introduction
- Propositional Faith
- Against Nondoxasticism
- True Grit and the Case for Doxasticism
- Objectual Faith
- Faith, Motivation and Plans
- The Epistemic Status and Scope of Faith
Biography
Finlay Malcolm is a Research Associate at King’s College, London. His research is in social, political and religious epistemology, with a focus on trust, faith, democracy, free speech and fundamentalism. He is the author of numerous articles in leading academic philosophy journals including Pacific Philosophical Quarterly and The Monist.
Michael Scott is a Reader in Philosophy at the University of Manchester, UK. He is the author of Religious Language (2013) and Reading Philosophy of Religion (2010) with Graham Oppy, and has published numerous papers in the philosophy of religion, philosophy of language and philosophy of psychology.
