| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 253 pages) |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Probability in the philosophy of religion / Jake Chandler and Victoria S. Harrison -- Part I. Testimony and miracles -- ch. 2. Peirce on miracles : the failure of Bayesian analysis / Benjamin C. Jantzen -- ch. 3. The reliability of witnesses and testimony to the miraculous / Timothy McGrew adn Lydia McGrew -- ch. 4. Does it matter whether a miracle-like event happens to oneself rather than to someone else? / Luc Bovens -- Part II. Design -- ch. 5. Can evidence for design be explained away? / David H. Glass -- Bayes, God, and the multiverse / Richard Swinburne -- Part III. Evil -- ch. 7. Comparative confirmation and the problem of evil / Richard Otte -- ch. 8. Inductive logic and the probability that God exists : farewell to sceptical Theism / Michael Tooley -- Part IV. Pascal's Wager -- ch. 9. Blaise and Bayes / Alan Hájek -- ch. 10. Many gods, many wagers : Pascal's Wager meets the replicator dynamics / Paul Bartha -- Part V. Faith and disagreement -- ch. 11. Does religious disagreement actually aid the case for Theism? / Joshua C. Thurow -- ch. 12. Can it be rational to have faith? / Lara Buchak |
| Summary |
These 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Religion -- Philosophy.
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Probabilities.
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Probability
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probability.
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RELIGION -- Philosophy.
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Probabilities
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Religion -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chandler, Jake
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Harrison, Victoria S.
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| ISBN |
9780191631252 |
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0191631256 |
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9780191741548 |
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019174154X |
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