The Right to Believe: Perspectives in Religious Epistemology

by Dariusz Lukasiewicz (Editor)

Overview

In the twentieth century, many contemporary epistemologists in the analytic tradition have entered into debate regarding the right to belief with new tools: Richard Swinburne, Anthony Kenny, Alvin Plantinga, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Peter van Inwagen (who contributes a piece in this volume) defending or contesting the requirement of evidence for any justified belief. The best things we can do, it seems, is to examine more attentively the true notion of “right to believe”, especially about religious matters. This is exactly what authors of the papers in this book do.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110319972
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	12/15/2011
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Dariusz ukasiewiczis professor at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland, since 2004, and director of the Institute of Philosophy. He is the author of over sixty scientific publications including seven authored or edited books.

Roger Pouivet is professor at the Université de Lorraine and director of the Laboratoire d’Hitsoire des Sciences et de Philosophie–Archives Poincaré (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique).

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Russell's China Teapot Peter van Inwagen 11

Religious Belief and Evidence from Testimony John Greco 27

Steps Towards an Epistemology of Revelation Roger Pouivet 47

Faith as an Epistemic Good According to Aristotle: Towards an Aristotelian Understanding of the Act of Faith Michael Bastit 59

Aquinas and the will to Believe Cyrille Michon 73

To be in Truth or not to be Mistaken? Piotr Gutowski 85

Do we have the Epistemic Right to Believe in Jesus? An Epistemological Analysis of some Arguments for Credibility of Christianity Jack Worjtysiak 103

Religious Beliefs in the Face of Rationalism Urszula M. Zeglen 115

Believing the Self-Contradictory Fabien Schang 127

Logic, Right to Unbelief and Freedom Jan Wolenski 141

Scepticism and Religious Belief. The Case of Sextus Empiricus Renata Zieminska 149

Are We Morally Obliged to be Atheists? Marian Przelecki on the Right to Believe Dariusz Lukasiewicz 161

Can there be Supernaturalism without Theism? Contra Tooley's Thesis Gabriele De Anna 179

On the Interrelation between Forgiveness, Rationality and Faith Gerhard Heinzmann 213

Transfiguration of Human Consciousness and Eternal Life Stanislaw Judycki 225

Notes on the Authors 237

Index of Names 241