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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e
William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi
The Search for God
Pragmatic and subjective justifications of religious belief
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1
The claim that it is not rationally required to have objective, rational evidence for our basic beliefs and stance toward life is the doctrine known as
.
2
The French thinker Blaise
composed a well-known argument for belief in God on the basis of a wager.
3
According to Pascal, "the
has its reasons which reason does not know."
4
In "The Ethics of Belief", W.K
claims that "It is wrong always, everywhere, and for any one, to believe anything on insufficient evidence."
5
James argues that when we face a decision that is live,
, and momentous in a situation in which we lack objective evidence, it is ok to decide what to believe on the basis of subjective factors.
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