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This book is an exercise in philosophical criticism. What I criticize are some variations on a recurrent theme in religious thought: the theme that faith and reason are so disparate that faith is not undermined, but strengthened, if we judge that reason can give it no support. The common name for this view is Fideism. Those representatives of it that I have chosen to discuss do more, however, than insist on keeping faith free of the alleged contaminations of philosophical argument. They consider the case for Fideism to be made even stronger if one judges that reason cannot give us truth or assurance outside the sphere of faith any more than within it. In other words, they sustain their Fideism by an appeal to Skepticism. I call them, therefore, Skeptical Fideists. Skeptical Fideism is not a mere historical curiosity. Richard Popkin has shown us how wide its impact in the formative period of modern philosophy has been; and its impact on modern theological and apologetic reasoning has been immense.
In my view, anyone who wishes to assess many of the assump- tions current in the theologies of our time has to take account of it; I think, therefore, that there is a topical value in examining the figures whose views I discuss here - Erasmus, Montaigne, Bayle, and more importantly, Pascal and Kierkegaard.
Author
T. Penelhum
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Springer
Published
October 2011
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
Weight
282g
Page Count
206
Dimensions
153 x 229 x 12 mm
ISBN
9789400970854
ISBN-10
9400970854
Eden Code
4260663
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Author/Creator: T. Penelhum
ISBN: 9789400970854
Publisher: Springer
Release Date: October 2011
Weight: 282g
Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 12 mm
Eden Code: 4260663