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Practical grounds for belief: Kant and James on religion

Practical grounds for belief: Kant and James on religion
Practical grounds for belief: Kant and James on religion
Both Kant and James claim to limit the role of knowledge in order to make room for faith. In this paper, we argue that despite some similarities, their attempts to do this come apart. Our main claim is that, although both Kant and James justify our adopting religious beliefs on practical grounds, James believes that we can—and should—subsequently assess such beliefs on the basis of evidence. We offer our own account of this evidence and discuss what this difference means for their accounts of religious belief.
0966-8373
1269 - 1282
Williams, Neil W.
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Saunders, Joe
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Williams, Neil W.
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Saunders, Joe
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Williams, Neil W. and Saunders, Joe (2018) Practical grounds for belief: Kant and James on religion. European Journal of Philosophy, 1269 - 1282. (doi:10.1111/ejop.12319).

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Both Kant and James claim to limit the role of knowledge in order to make room for faith. In this paper, we argue that despite some similarities, their attempts to do this come apart. Our main claim is that, although both Kant and James justify our adopting religious beliefs on practical grounds, James believes that we can—and should—subsequently assess such beliefs on the basis of evidence. We offer our own account of this evidence and discuss what this difference means for their accounts of religious belief.

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Accepted/In Press date: 17 November 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 December 2018
Published date: December 2018
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Local EPrints ID: 495066
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/495066
DOI: doi:10.1111/ejop.12319
ISSN: 0966-8373
PURE UUID: 58b38b8f-5c42-40c8-b734-07c8bbde78e7
ORCID for Neil W. Williams: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3478-1864

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Date deposited: 28 Oct 2024 17:57
Last modified: 29 Oct 2024 03:13

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Author: Neil W. Williams ORCID iD
Author: Joe Saunders

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