
Disagreement-motivated Religious Skepticism And The Commitment To Impartiality -- De-motivating Reasons Impartiality -- From Impartiality To Instrumentalism -- Partisan Justification And Religious Belief -- Affective Rationalism And Religious Insight -- Elusive Impartiality -- Unpalatable Conclusions And Deliberative Vertigo. John Pittard. Also Issued In Print: 2019. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.
This work investigates the epistemic challenges posed by persistent disagreement among religious believers and the subsequent impact on the rationality of maintaining religious commitment. John Pittard, a scholar in the philosophy of religion, examines the tension between the requirement for intellectual impartiality and the nature of religious belief. He constructs a framework that evaluates how disagreement-motivated skepticism functions and whether partisan justification can remain rational in the face of conflicting perspectives.
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Experts in the field of analytic philosophy of religion identify this text as a rigorous contribution to contemporary epistemology. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the sophisticated logical arguments presented throughout the chapters.
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Publication Date:
1900-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0190051841
ISBN-13:
9780190051846
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