Can Atheists Have Faith?
| dc.contributor.author | Jackson, Elizabeth | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-26T15:25:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-26T15:25:26Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/15535 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper examines whether atheists, who believe that God does not exist, can have faith. Of course, atheists have certain kinds of faith: faith in their friends, faith in certain ideals, and faith in themselves. However, the question we’ll examine is whether atheists can have theistic faith: faith that God exists. Philosophers tend to fall on one of two extremes on this question: some, like Dan Howard-Snyder (2019) and Imran Aijaz (2023), say unequivocally no; oth-ers, like Robert Whitaker (2019) and Sam Lebens (2023), say unequivocally yes. Here, I take a middle position: I ar-gue that atheists can have action-focused theistic faith (faith in how they act) but not attitude-focused theistic faith (faith in what attitudes they have). | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | SUNY Brockport Center for Philosophic Exchange | en_US |
| dc.subject | Atheism | en_US |
| dc.subject | Theistic Faith | en_US |
| dc.title | Can Atheists Have Faith? | en_US |
| dc.type | Article/Review | en_US |
| dc.description.version | VoR | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2024-09-26T15:25:27Z | |
| dc.description.institution | SUNY Brockport | en_US |
| dc.description.department | Center for Philosophic Exchange | en_US |
| dc.description.degreelevel | N/A | en_US |
| dc.accessibility.statement | This publication has been checked against freely available accessibility tools and deemed accessible. Should you have a problem accessing it, please email archives@brockport.edu for assistance. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issue | 2024-2025_2 | en_US |
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