Probability in the Philosophy of Religion
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 26 April 2012
- ISBN 9780199604760
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages262 pages
- Size 240x163x21 mm
- Weight 572 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
These specially written essays show that philosophy of religion is fertile ground for the application of probabilistic thinking. The authors examine central topics in the field: the status of evidence relating to the question of the existence of God; the rationality of religious belief; and the epistemic significance of religious disagreement.
MoreLong description:
Probability theory promises to deliver an exact and unified foundation for inquiry in epistemology and philosophy of science. But philosophy of religion is also fertile ground for the application of probabilistic thinking. This volume presents original contributions from twelve contemporary researchers, both established and emerging, to offer a representative sample of the work currently being carried out in this potentially rich field of inquiry. Grouped into five parts, the chapters span a broad range of traditional issues in religious epistemology. The first three parts discuss the evidential impact of various considerations that have been brought to bear on the question of the existence of God. These include witness reports of the occurrence of miraculous events, the existence of complex biological adaptations, the apparent 'fine-tuning' for life of various physical constants and the existence of seemingly unnecessary evil. The fourth part addresses a number of issues raised by Pascal's famous pragmatic argument for theistic belief. A final part offers probabilistic perspectives on the rationality of faith and the epistemic significance of religious disagreement.
The volume does provide a useful introduction to a number of important ways in which probability is being used to address long-standing questions in the philosophy of religion and is a valuable resource for those interested in learning about the use of probability in the philosophy of religion.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Probability in the Philosophy of Religion
Part I: Testimony and Miracles
Peirce on Miracles: The Failure of Bayesian Analysis
The Reliability of Witnesses and Testimony to the Miraculous'
Does it Matter whether a Miracle-Like Event Happens to Oneself rather than to Someone Else?
Part II: Design
Can Evidence for Design be Explained Away?
Bayes, God, and the Multiverse
Part III: Evil
Comparative Confirmation and the Problem of Evil'
Inductive Logic and the Probability that God Exists: Farewell to Sceptical Theism
Part IV: Pascal's Wager
Blaise and Bayes
Many Gods, Many Wagers: Pascal's Wager Meets the Replicator Dynamics
Part V: Faith and Disagreement
Does Religious Disagreement Actually Aid the Case for Theism?
Can it be it Rational to Have Faith?
Index
