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Belief As a Practical Issue
In Meaning and Mystery. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 90–108 (2010)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: Examining Presuppositions? Forced Choices Burden of Proof and Default Positions A Misleading Picture Thinking About A Way of Life: A Case Study Notes.
belief as practical issue life‐orienting story including or excluding God ‐ not merely an object of belief God does not fit ‐ usual paradigms for evidence gathering question of God's existence ‐ from a practical point of view forced choices ‐ with negative consequence involved question of God's existence ‐ a forced choice burden of proof and default positions life‐orienting stories ‐ participative and passionate rationality Tolstoy's ‐ question of God as intellectual puzzle
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