PHL-200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Theism
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3 options regarding any proposition: you can a rm any proposition, you can deny any proposition, you can suspend/withhold belief, his ethical principle: it is irrational/morally wrong/unethical always, everywhere, and for anyone to believe something upon insu cient evidence. Within the sciences, empirically veri able or falsi able - no scienti c theory is conclusively provable by experiment: claim examples: ethical, political, religious, metaphysical (materialism) Option 2: defeat any reasonable doubt - convince any reasonable person. Cli ord"s case for his ethical principle: belief without su cient evidence risks, error (a false belief, contribute to intellectual and moral vices, belief matters. Can be injurious to self & others. Shape/justify one"s thoughts, perceptions, desires, choices, emotions. Faulty belief can result in faulty desire, choice, emotions, etc. Thursday, september 28, 2017: do all false beliefs result in faulty desire, choice, etc, are all beliefs equally injurious, no beliefs are truly private. Pascal"s wager: god exists is objectively true or false.
