Religion and Belief

dc.contributor.author	Keene, J. Calvin
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-07T19:32:02Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-07T19:32:02Z
dc.date.issued	1971-01-01
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/3389
dc.description.abstract	I agree with Dr. Blanshard that religion needs reason, and belief should be made as rational as possible. It is an ethical responsibility to believe the truth. But belief always includes an element of tentativeness. So belief is sometimes appropriate, even in the absence of compelling evidence. Moreover, religion is related to a very different reality than is science. Consequently, the kinds of evidence that are appropriate to the one are not necessarily appropriate to the other. Insofar as God is conceived as a person, rather than an impersonal object, God cannot be approached or studied in the way in which we study impersonal objects.
dc.subject	Ethics Of Belief
dc.subject	Faith And Reason
dc.subject	Intellectual Obligation
dc.subject	Epistemology
dc.subject	Brand Blanshard
dc.title	Religion and Belief
dc.type	article
refterms.dateFOA	2021-09-07T19:32:02Z
dc.description.institution	SUNY Brockport
dc.source.peerreviewed	TRUE
dc.source.status	published
dc.description.publicationtitle	Philosophic Exchange
dc.contributor.organization	St. Lawrence University
dc.languate.iso	en_US

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Philosophic Exchange is published by the Center for Philosophic Exchange, at the College at Brockport. The Center for Philosophic Exchange was founded by SUNY Chancellor Samuel Gould in 1969 to conduct a continuing program of philosophical inquiry, relating to both academic and public issues. Each year the Center hosts four speakers, and each speaker gives a public lecture that is intended for a general audience. These lectures are then published in this journal.