Comments on: The humble side of the debate http://www.uncrediblehallq.net/2009/11/17/the-humble-side-of-the-debate/ Best blog name ever Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:27:09 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: There is no Lee Strobel : The Uncredible Hallq http://www.uncrediblehallq.net/2009/11/17/the-humble-side-of-the-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-5978 There is no Lee Strobel : The Uncredible Hallq Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:49:06 +0000 http://www.uncrediblehallq.net/?p=847#comment-5978 [...] as far as I can see. His rhetoric tends to fall into the category of “we must believe this because it’s polite to believe it.” And the evidence tends to point in the other direction. There are lots of atheist who can [...] [...] as far as I can see. His rhetoric tends to fall into the category of “we must believe this because it’s polite to believe it.” And the evidence tends to point in the other direction. There are lots of atheist who can [...]

]]> By: Joshua Blanchard http://www.uncrediblehallq.net/2009/11/17/the-humble-side-of-the-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-5816 Joshua Blanchard Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:54:29 +0000 http://www.uncrediblehallq.net/?p=847#comment-5816 I think there's at least one sense in which this criticism could be valuable - if some kind of epistemic humility is taken to be relevant in the context of, say, a virtue approach to epistemology. Perhaps epistemic humility is a virtue we ought to cultivate, and one we need to cultivate in order to better evaluate religious belief. Incidentally I think religious believers violate principles of epistemic humility constantly - both in the details and extent of their religious beliefs, and in their generalizations about rival belief systems. I think there’s at least one sense in which this criticism could be valuable – if some kind of epistemic humility is taken to be relevant in the context of, say, a virtue approach to epistemology. Perhaps epistemic humility is a virtue we ought to cultivate, and one we need to cultivate in order to better evaluate religious belief.

Incidentally I think religious believers violate principles of epistemic humility constantly – both in the details and extent of their religious beliefs, and in their generalizations about rival belief systems.

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