Within religion, faith is a virtue. Something you really believe and which guides your life. That you'll try to overcome doubt for with prayer. It's not just accepting a commonly held truth provisionally & expecting some of it to change. https://twitter.com/KantBreal/status/979334684965588992 …
It doesn't even have to be religion. Faith-based epistemologies vs evidence-based ones.
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I think its more complicated than that, though. I think many with religious faith would argue that their beliefs are evidence based. Further, evidence based epistemologies can tell you what something 'is' but not what to do about it.
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But they'd be wrong. Yes. Truth claims and moral claims are difference to a certain extent tho it all reduces to facts in the end. Not relevant to epistemology tho.
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I think it would depend on the claim and the evidence. Its not relevant to epistemology, no, but it IS relevant to religion. That's my point. I think assuming that the purpose of religion is to teach us about the world and its history is incorrect.
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Ive been surprised to learn that many religious people agree with that as well. It really floored me actually.
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