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God and Skepticism
Terence Penelhum
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Paperback. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
This book is an exercise in philosophical criticism. What I criticize are some variations on a recurrent theme in religious thought: the theme that faith and reason are so disparate that faith is not undermined, but strengthened, if we judge that reason can give it no support. The common name for this view is Fideism. Those representatives of it that I have chosen to discuss do more, however, than insist on keeping faith free of the alleged contaminations of philosophical argument. They consider the case for Fideism to be made even stronger if one judges that reason cannot give us ... Read more
This book is an exercise in philosophical criticism. What I criticize are some variations on a recurrent theme in religious thought: the theme that faith and reason are so disparate that faith is not undermined, but strengthened, if we judge that reason can give it no support. The common name for this view is Fideism. Those representatives of it that I have chosen to discuss do more, however, than insist on keeping faith free of the alleged contaminations of philosophical argument. They consider the case for Fideism to be made even stronger if one judges that reason cannot give us ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Series
Philosophical Studies Series
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400970854
SKU
V9789400970854
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Reviews for God and Skepticism
`The whole book is characterised by the scrupulous care, the responsible use of texts, the consistent intellectual candour, and the cautiously constructive aims, with which we have become familiar in Penelhum's other writings.' Canadian Philosophical Reviews