PHL235H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pragmatism, Fideism, Fathom

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A lead of faith to believe in god. Tolstoy closest to fideism (he can be seen as a fideist: his belief he says is irrational, meaning of life? . Pascal once you believe in the existence of god he shows reasons why you should believe in. God not a rational explanation for his existence. James all religions have to do with the eternal things & life will be better if you are religious you cannot live without faith. Epistemology: should we believe in god? (rationality of faith) Pascal & james: yes, we should believe in god. Clifford: not justifiable to believe in god (if you don"t have arguments for god"s existence then your life is a kind of sin against mankind) Practical reason: if you don"t want to be late, you better go catch the bus right now . Evidential reason (contrasted with prudential reasoning) will never tell you how to believe in god: the bet:

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