Faith and steadfastness in the face of counter-evidence

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• 作者：Lara Buchak
• 关键词：Faith ; Practical rationality ; Evidence ; Counter ; evidence ; Belief
• 刊名：International Journal for Philosophy of Religion
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：April 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：81
• 期：1-2
• 页码：113-133
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• 刊物类别：Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
• 刊物主题：Philosophy of Religion; Religious Studies, general; Non-Western Philosophy;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1572-8684
• 卷排序：81

文摘

It is sometimes said that faith is recalcitrant in the face of new evidence, but it is puzzling how such recalcitrance could be rational or laudable. I explain this aspect of faith and why faith is not only rational, but in addition serves an important purpose in human life. Because faith requires maintaining a commitment to act on the claim one has faith in, even in the face of counter-evidence, faith allows us to carry out long-term, risky projects that we might otherwise abandon. Thus, faith allows us to maintain integrity over time.