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Can it be Rational to have Faith?
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:47 pm
by _MrStakhanovite
Hereis a paper by UC Berkeley Philosopher Buchak. I haven't read it all, only scanned it.
Thoughts?
Re: Can it be Rational to have Faith?
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:29 pm
by _Ceeboo
Hey Stak
No!
Peace,
Ceeboo
Re: Can it be Rational to have Faith?
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:20 pm
by _just me
Didn't read it.
I don't think faith is supposed to be rational. It comes from the other half of the brain.
Re: Can it be Rational to have Faith?
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:56 pm
by _zeezrom
Ceeboo wrote:Hey Stak
No!
Peace,
Ceeboo
I might say yes.
Re: Can it be Rational to have Faith?
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:54 am
by _Hoops
just me wrote:Didn't read it.
I don't think faith is supposed to be rational. It comes from the other half of the brain.
Except the Christian is supposed to, by biblical edict, to have a rational faith.
Re: Can it be Rational to have Faith?
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:56 am
by _just me
Hoops wrote:just me wrote:Didn't read it.
I don't think faith is supposed to be rational. It comes from the other half of the brain.
Except the Christian is supposed to, by biblical edict, to have a rational faith.
What is rational faith? I don't know what that means.
Re: Can it be Rational to have Faith?
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:58 am
by _MrStakhanovite
BTW- the article actually argues there can be a rational faith.
Re: Can it be Rational to have Faith?
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:00 am
by _just me
I don't want to read it. Are Clif Notes available, Stakiepoo?
ETA: No. I looked at it. I am way too tired for that crap. When they start putting X and Y in the words...just NO! My brain hurts.
Re: Can it be Rational to have Faith?
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:03 am
by _Ceeboo
MrStakhanovite wrote:BTW- the article actually argues there can be a rational faith.
NO WAY!!!!
Ridiculous!
(by the way Stak: I know, I read the article)
Peace,
Ceeboo
Re: Can it be Rational to have Faith?
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:03 am
by _MrStakhanovite
just me wrote:I don't want to read it. Are Clif Notes available, Stakiepoo?
From the abstract:
To do so, I consider the sense in which faith requires going
beyond the evidence, and argue that faith requires terminating the search for further evidence.
Having established this, I turn to the question of whether it can still be rational to have faith;
arguing that, contrary to common assumptions, there need be no conflict between faith and
rationality. We shall see that whether faith can be practically rational depends both on
whether there are extrinsic costs associated with postponing the decision to have faith and the
extent to which potential counter evidence would be conclusive.
Basically, it’s rational to have faith if the possibility of counter evidence is very low.