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Pragmatic Encroachment, Religious Belief and Practice

by A. Rizzieri

  • Hardback
  • 184 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.2 cm

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Pragmatic Encroachment, Religious Belief and Practice engages several recent and important discussions in the mainstream epistemological literature surrounding 'pragmatic encroachment'. It has been argued that what is at stake for a person in regards to acting as if a proposition is true can raise the levels of epistemic support required to know that proposition. Do the high stakes involved in accepting or rejecting religious beliefs raise the standards for knowledge that 'God exists', 'Jesus rose from the Dead' and other propositions? Professor Rizzieri also examines whether or not knowledge and justification norms of belief and action undermine the pragmatic grounds for religious belief suggested by William James. Rizzieri argues that such norms favor an attitude of hope, as opposed to belief, under conditions of uncertainty. Finally, Rizzieri argues the connections between knowledge and rational action undermine radically externalist accounts of religious knowledge and proposes an alternative account of the justification of religious beliefs.
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  • Author

    A. Rizzieri

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Palgrave Macmillan

  • Published

    October 2013

  • Weight

    359g

  • Page Count

    184

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9781137009401

  • ISBN-10

    1137009403

  • Eden Code

    4245059

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