The wisdom to doubt: a justification of religious skepticism

Ithaca: Cornell University Press (2007)
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The Wisdom to Doubt is a major contribution to the contemporary literature on the epistemology of religious belief.

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BL51.S427 2007

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080144554X   9780801445545   9780801462399   0801478510   0801462398

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10.7591/9780801462399
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Preface: An Uncertain Heritage

Introduction

1. The Subject Mode

2. The Object Mode

3. The Retrospective Mode

4. The Prospective Mode

5. The Modes Combined: Limitation, Immaturity, Presumption

6. The Bearing of Pragmatic Considerations

7. An Answer to Naturalism

8. The Questionableness of Religious Experience

9. Hiddenness Arguments I

10. Hiddenness Arguments II

11. The Argument from Horrors

12. The Free-Will Offense

13. Consolidating Forces: The Arguments Combined

14. Closing the Case: Seven Proofs and a Skeptical Conclusion

Epilogue

Appendix A. Definitions

Appendix B. Principles

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