Browsing University of Hertfordshire by Author "Scott, Michael"

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    • Faith, Belief and Fictionalism 

      Malcolm, Finlay; Scott, Michael (2017-12-27)
      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 ...

    • True Grit and the Positivity of Faith 

      Malcolm, Finlay; Scott, Michael (2021-02-05)
      Most contemporary accounts of the nature of faith explicitly defend what we call ‘the positivity theory of faith’ – the theory that faith must be accompanied by a favourable evaluative belief, or a desire towards the object ...