Book review: Religious Faith and Intellectual Virtue

According to Buchak, one has faith in some proposition if one (a) stops one's search for evidence bearing on the proposition and (b) commits to acting on that proposition (49). Since faith involves stopping one's search for evidence, an act of faith will be rational only if it is rational...

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Published in:Religious Studies 2016, Vol.52 (1), p.131
Main Authors: MCBRAYER, JUSTIN, MOORE, DOUG
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Epistemology
ESP
Essays
Evidentiality
Extrasensory perception
Faith
O Connor, Timothy
Propositions
Religion
Religious studies
Stops
Testimony
Trust
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Summary:According to Buchak, one has faith in some proposition if one (a) stops one's search for evidence bearing on the proposition and (b) commits to acting on that proposition (49). Since faith involves stopping one's search for evidence, an act of faith will be rational only if it is rational to stop one's search for evidence concerning the relevant proposition and commit to action, which will itself be an evidential matter (58). [...]Moser's essay sketches an esoteric line of thought that does not repudiate the need for evidence, but suggests that the Christian's evidence for God is God himself, specifically his revelation of his own character to us in love and friendship (147-148). According to Fricker, this argument from analogy won't go through. If you are reading this review, chances are that you know hundreds of people who have a religious faith in large part because of the way they were raised or because of the trust they place in religious authorities.
ISSN:0034-4125
1469-901X
DOI:10.1017/S0034412515000074