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Probability in the philosophy of religion [electronic resource] / edited by Jake Chandler and Victoria S. Harrison

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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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1 online resource (vi, 253 pages)
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Chandler, Jake and Harrison, Victoria S.
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Probability in the Philosophy of Religion / Victoria S. Harrison -- pt. I Testimony and Miracles -- 2.Peirce on Miracles: The Failure of Bayesian Analysis / Benjamin C. Jantzen -- 3.The Reliability of Witnesses and Testimony to the Miraculous / Lydia McGrew -- 4.Does it Matter whether a Miracle-like Event Happens to Oneself rather than to Someone Else? / Luc Bovens -- pt. II Design -- 5.Can Evidence for Design be Explained Away? / David H. Glass -- 6.Bayes, God, and the Multiverse / Richard Swinburne -- pt. III Evil -- 7.Comparative Confirmation and the Problem of Evil / Richard Otte -- 8.Inductive Logic and the Probability that God Exists: Farewell to Sceptical Theism / Michael Tooley -- pt. IV Pascal's Wager -- 9.Blaise and Bayes / Alan Hajek -- 10.Many Gods, Many Wagers: Pascal's Wager Meets the Replicator Dynamics / Paul Bartha -- pt. V Faith and Disagreement -- 11.Does Religious Disagreement Actually Aid the Case for Theism? / Joshua C. Thurow -- 12.Can it be Rational to Have Faith? / Lara Buchak.
Summary
These essays show that philosophy of religion is fertile ground for the application of probabilistic thinking. The authors examine central topics in the field: the status of evidence relating to the question of the existence of God; the rationality of religious belief; and the epistemic significance of religious disagreement.
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9780191741548 (ebook)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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