dc.contributor.author | Malcolm, Finlay | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-03T16:22:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-07-03T16:22:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-06-30 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Malcolm , F 2018 , ' Can Fictionalists Have Faith? ' , Religious Studies , vol. 54 , no. 2 , pp. 215-232 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412517000063 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0034-4125 | |
dc.identifier.other | Bibtex: urn:f0ac10a919162a6c93a1a3abbf3f388a | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/20236 | |
dc.description | This article has been published in a revised form in Religioius Studies, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412517000063. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © 2016 Cambridge University Press. | |
dc.description.abstract | According to non-doxastic theories of propositional faith, belief that p is not necessary for faith that p. Rather, propositional faith merely requires a 'positive cognitive attitude'. This broad condition, however, can be satisfied by several pragmatic approaches to a domain, including fictionalism. This article shows precisely how fictionalists can have faith given non-doxastic theory, and explains why this is problematic. It then explores one means of separating the two theories, in virtue of the fact that the truth of the propositions in a discourse is of little consequence for fictionalists, whereas their truth matters deeply for the faithful. Although promising, this approach incurs several theoretical costs, hence providing a compelling reason to favour a purely doxastic account of faith. | en |
dc.format.extent | 18 | |
dc.format.extent | 907804 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Religious Studies | |
dc.subject | Religious studies | |
dc.subject | Philosophy | |
dc.title | Can Fictionalists Have Faith? | en |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Humanities | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
dc.identifier.url | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85015087110&partnerID=8YFLogxK | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1017/S0034412517000063 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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