Do We Have the Epistemic Right to Believe in Jesus? A Epistemological Analysis of Some Arguments for Credibility of Christianity
Artykuł naukowy w wydawnictwie zbiorowym recenzowanyMiejsce: Frankfurt
Rok wydania: 2012
Tytuł publikacji: The Right to Believe. Perspectives in Religious Epistemology
Redaktorzy: Dariusz Łukasiewicz, Roger Pouivet
Strony od-do: 103-113
Streszczenie: The paper contains an analysis of two arguments for the truth of Christianity. The first of them (I call it the a posteriori argument) starts with some (accepted by most historians) data on the life of Jesus, the origins of the Christian community and the writtings of the New Testament. The Christian arguer tries to show that the best (or simplest) explanation of these data is based on the claim that the New Testament tells us the truth about Jesus and his religious mission. We know, for example, that the pupils of Jesus said that they saw the Risen Jesus and we do not have serious reasons to think that they lied or were deceived by a kind of illusion. The second – a priori – argument starts with some theistic beliefs, especially with the belief that God exists and loves us. If this belief is true – the advocate of the argument continues – then we have the right to believe that God will take a human nature (become incarnate) in order to share our sufferings and to reveal His glory. Our historical knowledge tells us that Jesus is the only man who can satisfy all requirements for being such an incarnate God. Both of these arguments have their premises and presuppositions, advantages and difficulties. All of them are discussed in my paper.
Słowa kluczowe: religious epistemology, rationality of christianity, the right to believe
Cytowanie w formacie Bibtex:
@article{1,
author = "Jacek Wojtysiak",
title = "Do We Have the Epistemic Right to Believe in Jesus? A Epistemological Analysis of Some Arguments for Credibility of Christianity",
journal = "",
year = "2012",
pages = "103-113"
}
Cytowanie w formacie APA:
Wojtysiak, J. (2012). Do We Have the Epistemic Right to Believe in Jesus? A Epistemological Analysis of Some Arguments for Credibility of Christianity. , 103-113.