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2699-0369
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Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between religious belief and religious experience, bringing out a role for episodic memory that has been overlooked in the epistemology of religion. I do so by considering two questions. The first, the “Psychological Question,” asks what psychological role religious experiences play in causally bringing about religious beliefs. The second, the “Reliability Question,” asks: for a given answer to the Psychological Question about how religious beliefs are formed, are those beliefs formed using generally truth-conducive cognitive mechanisms or patterns of reasoning? I argue that the standard way of answering the Psychological Question overlooks the fact that religious beliefs are often formed via reflection on episodic memories of past religious experiences. Furthermore, recognizing this opens up room to make more meaningful progress on answering the Reliability Question. https://philosophymindscience.org/index.php/phimisci/article/view/10205
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volume:5
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year:2024
In:
Philosophy and the mind sciences, Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 24. März 2020-, 5 (2024), 2699-0369
Language:
English
DOI:
10.33735/phimisci.2024.10205
URN:
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024020717540595844190
URL:
https://doi.org/10.33735/phimisci.2024.10205
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https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024020717540595844190
URL:
https://d-nb.info/1318608449/34
URL:
https://philosophymindscience.org/index.php/phimisci/article/view/10205/10871
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