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Philosophy

Bridgewater State University

2013

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A Presuppositional Rejection Of Enlightenment Evidentialism, Ethan P. Rogers May 2013

A Presuppositional Rejection Of Enlightenment Evidentialism, Ethan P. Rogers

Honors Program Theses and Projects

Epistemology is concerned with the nature of knowledge, truth, and the justification of belief. Epistemology of religion considers these issues in relation to religious truth claims (e.g., whether or not it is reasonable to believe that God exists). Often, the epistemology of religion leads to inquiry into fundamental attitudes towards the criteria for justification. For example, a major strain of contemporary epistemology of religion has been characterized “as a debate over whether evidentialism applies to the belief component of faith, or whether we should instead adopt a more permissive epistemology.” Thus, whether or not evidentialism is the appropriate approach to …


Systematizing Nyāya, Matthew R. Dasti Jan 2013

Systematizing Nyāya, Matthew R. Dasti

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Review of: Epistemology in Classical India: The Knowledge Sources of the Nyāya School. By Stephen Phillips. New York and London: Routledge, 2012. ISBN 978-0415895545.