Propositional faith and trustworthiness

  • Allan Hazlett

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Abstract

I argue that propositional faith presupposes trustworthiness, in this sense: faith that p is fitting only if the one in whom you have faith to bring it about that p is trustworthy to bring it about that p. In defence of this, I argue that propositional faith is a species of interpersonal faith and that interpersonal faith presupposes trustworthiness. I also discuss some of the consequences of my thesis for theistic propositional faith.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)434-447
Number of pages14
JournalReligious Studies
Volume59
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2 2023

Keywords

  • faith
  • propositional attitudes
  • theism
  • trust

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