Dogmatism, the Conscience and Agnosticism ...
Author : Edward Henry Riches
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 45,35 MB
Release : 1885
Category : Agnosticism
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Author : Edward Henry Riches
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 45,35 MB
Release : 1885
Category : Agnosticism
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Author : Edward Henry RICHES
Publisher :
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 28,55 MB
Release : 1885
Category : Agnosticism
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Author : F. Sydney Morris
Publisher :
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 41,38 MB
Release : 1884
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Author : Robert Keith Cooper
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,35 MB
Release : 2023-11-27
Category : Philosophy
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The premise of this book is that it is simply impossible to determine, with any degree of confidence, as to whether there is a transcendent, creative being which is responsible for the existence of the universe. Therefore, the conclusion that inevitably flows from this realization is that the most intellectually honest position to espouse is one of agnosticism. A corollary of this idea is that it is also impossible to know if our lives are anything more than a random sequence of events ordained by no one. This thought may have crossed your mind in reflecting on the ups and downs that you probably have experienced in your own life. Is it possible that a Higher Power has permitted all of these events to occur, leading up to the present moment? I must confess that I find this concept to be highly dubious. In view of the many tragedies that have beset our planet since the beginning of civilization. I submit that if there is a God, He has a very unusual sense of humor.
Author : Robert Flint
Publisher :
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 39,80 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Agnosticism
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Author : Robert Cooper
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 21,51 MB
Release : 2021-03-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781098347499
The premise of this book is that it is simply impossible to determine, with any degree of confidence, as to whether there is a transcendent, creative being which is responsible for the existence of the universe. Therefore, the conclusion that inevitably flows from this realization is that the most intellectually honest position to espouse is one of agnosticism. A corollary of this idea is that it is also impossible to know if our lives are anything more than a random sequence of events ordained by no one. This thought may have crossed your mind in reflecting on the ups and downs that you probably have experienced in your own life. Is it possible that a Higher Power permitted all of these events leading up to this moment. I must confess that I find this concept to be highly dubious. In view of the many tragedies that have beset our planet since the beginning of civilization, I submit that if there is a God, He has a very unusual sense of humor.
Author : Josh Buoy
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Page : pages
File Size : 34,84 MB
Release : 2016-04-09
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ISBN : 9780692710517
This is a book about science, religion, and the world in between. I was born into a Christian family, but fell out of religion and in love with the scientific method. I had little need of faith, I thought, when science could tell me so much more about the world, and ask so little of me in return. But as I aged into young adulthood, a new chapter of my story began. Did I really know why I believed what I believed? How could I be so certain of my convictions when I hadn't even honestly considered the evidence? This book traces my journey through the furthest reaches of thought, a journey that took me through the realms of psychology, biology, physics, and belief. Could I find a place for faith in the modern world? Or was I right to cast it off as I did?
Author : Daniel Boscaljon
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,26 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Agnosticism
ISBN : 9780813934631
In Vigilant Faith: Passionate Agnosticism in a Secular World, Daniel Boscaljon takes up the contemporary challenges to faith by skepticism and secularism. He proposes a model of faith for believers and unbelievers alike--a passionate agnosticism--that is rooted in a skeptical consciousness. Skepticism and faith are structurally similar, he writes, in that they share an "unknowing" quality. The author argues that vigilance--the act of keeping watch, a spiritual practice in its own right--is as necessary a precondition for the structure of faith as it is for the structure of skepticism. A suspension in uncertainty and an openness to possibility require vigilance, he attests, if faith and skepticism are to avoid the often dogmatic tendencies of both theism and atheism to cling to their own brands of certainty and knowledge. Boscaljon has three aims: to expand the current, post-theistic definitions of God for greater relevance to human beings on an individual and existential level; to integrate skepticism into faith so that it will restore the importance of faith to current theology and recover it from anti-intellectual bias; and to conceptualize the vigilance of faith in such a way that can provide a vocabulary for distinguishing "good faith" from "bad faith." He offers a variety of cultural examples ranging from film to poetry to represent a life of faith and to show how its components come together in practice. As an alternative to the prevailing fundamentalisms in today's world, his book proposes a paradigmatic understanding of faith in which theism, atheism, and agnosticism refuse to differ.
Author : Sami Pihlström
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 27,8 MB
Release : 2021-09-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1009051504
It is commonly believed that populist politics and social media pose a serious threat to our concept of truth. Philosophical pragmatists, who are typically thought to regard truth as merely that which is 'helpful' for us to believe, are sometimes blamed for providing the theoretical basis for the phenomenon of 'post-truth'. In this book, Sami Pihlström develops a pragmatist account of truth and truth-seeking based on the ideas of William James, and defends a thoroughly pragmatist view of humanism which gives space for a sincere search for truth. By elaborating on James's pragmatism and the 'will to believe' strategy in the philosophy of religion, Pihlström argues for a Kantian-inspired transcendental articulation of pragmatism that recognizes irreducible normativity as a constitutive feature of our practices of pursuing the truth. James himself thereby emerges as a deeply Kantian thinker.
Author : Mark Vernon
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 17,92 MB
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0230301444
The authentic spiritual quest is marked not by certainties but by questions and doubt. Mark Vernon who was a priest, and left an atheist explores the wonder of science, the ups and downs of being 'spiritual but not religious', the insights of ancient philosophy, and God the biggest question.