Ethics of Belief: Essays in Tribute to D.Z. Phillips
Contributor(s): Long, Eugene Thomas [editor.] | Horn, Patrick [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookPublisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.Description: IV, 148 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781402083778.Subject(s): Philosophy | Religion | Philosophy | Philosophy, general | Religious Studies, generalDDC classification: 100 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Acknowledgments -- Ethics of belief: introduction -- The duty to believe according to the evidence -- The virtues of belief: toward a non-evidentialist ethics of belief-formation -- The ethics of belief and two conceptions of christian faith -- Choosing to believe -- Can religious arguments persuade? -- Belief, faith, and acceptance -- D. Z. Phillips and reasonable belief -- D. Z. Phillips on the grammar of “God” -- Tribute to Dewi Z. Phillips.
This volume is presented as a tribute to D.Z. Phillips and the introduction by Eugene Long includes a brief discussion of Phillips' life and work. The first six articles were originally written at the invitation of Phillips for a conference on the ethics of belief held at Claremont Graduate University. Unfortunately Phillips died unexpectedly July 25, 2006 and was unable to participate in the conference. Two additional essays were invited by the editors to help add Phillips' voice to the discussion. Essays by Allen Wood, Richard Amesbury and Van Harvey discuss the question of the ethics of belief in the context of the evidentialist principle most frequently associated with W. K. Clifford. Essays by Ronney Mourad, Jennifer Faust and Robert Audi are concerned with the voluntariness of belief, the persuasive power of arguments and differing conceptions of faith, belief and acceptance. The final two essays by John Whittaker and Anselm Min focus on Phillips' understanding of the logic and rationality of religious belief. The book concludes with a tribute to Phillips written by Patrick Horn. Ethics of Belief: Essays in Tribute to D.Z. Phillips should be of particular interest to upper level undergraduates, graduate students and professionals in the fields of philosophy, religious studies and theology. Reprinted from The International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 63:1-3 (2008).
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