Fideism- A Critical Evolution

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dc.contributor.authorDeka, Chandana
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-28T12:57:28Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-20T12:20:08Z
dc.date.available2022-10-28T12:57:28Z
dc.date.available2023-10-20T12:20:08Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionSupervisor: Prabhu, Ven_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis attempts to critically evaluate issues related to fideism. Fideism as an idea upholds that in the issues of religion, reason has no or minimal place, and only faith matters. Some fideists hold that religious faith and reason are not compatible with each other. According to them, faith requires absolute certainty and personal commitment. That faith goes beyond rational justification. Therefore, it is not necessary to look for evidence or reason in religious beliefs. This stance puts fideism in a problematic spot many times. Fideism faces challenges from different philosophical positions, severely from rationalism and evidentialism. But fideism manages to deal with such challenges from the doctrinal dimension. The challenges to fideism concerning doctrinal dimension may be less or unsolvable sometimes. But the toughest challenge is how fideism deals with the other dimensions of religion, specifically the social and ethical dimensions of religious practices. I highlight these challenges in this thesis and contend that if fideism is to hold its position, it has to combat these criticisms without getting itself into dogmatismen_US
dc.identifier.otherROLL NO.146141020
dc.identifier.urihttps://gyan.iitg.ac.in/handle/123456789/2194
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTH-2734;
dc.subjectFideismen_US
dc.subjectFaithen_US
dc.subjectReasonen_US
dc.subjectNew Atheismen_US
dc.subjectPragmatic Rationalityen_US
dc.subjectCapability Approach.en_US
dc.titleFideism- A Critical Evolutionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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