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        Faith, Belief and Fictionalism

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        Malcolm, Finlay
        Scott, Michael
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        2299/19979
        Abstract
        Is propositional religious faith constituted by belief? Recent debate hasfocussed on whether faith may be constituted by a positive non-doxastic cognitivestate, which can stand in place of belief. This article sets out and defends thedoxastic theory. We consider and reject three arguments commonly used infavour of non-doxastic theories of faith: (1) the argument from religious doubt;(2) the use of ‘faith’ in linguistic utterances; and (3) the possibility of pragmaticfaith. We argue that belief is required to maintain a distinction between genuinefaith, pretend faith, and fictionalist faith.
        Publication date
        2017-12-27
        Published in
        Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
        Published version
        https://doi.org/10.1111/papq.12169
        Other links
        http://hdl.handle.net/2299/19979
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