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Practical grounds for belief: Kant and James on religion

Williams, Neil W.; Saunders, Joe

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Neil W. Williams



Abstract

Both Kant and James claim to limit the role of knowledge in order to make room for faith. In this paper, we argue that despite some similarities, their attempts to do this come apart. Our main claim is that, although both Kant and James justify our adopting religious beliefs on practical grounds, James believes that we can—and should—subsequently assess such beliefs on the basis of evidence. We offer our own account of this evidence and discuss what this difference means for their accounts of religious belief.

Citation

Williams, N. W., & Saunders, J. (2018). Practical grounds for belief: Kant and James on religion. European Journal of Philosophy, 26(4), 1269-1282. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12319

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 17, 2017
Online Publication Date Jan 25, 2018
Publication Date Dec 1, 2018
Deposit Date Sep 26, 2018
Publicly Available Date Jan 25, 2020
Journal European Journal of Philosophy
Print ISSN 0966-8373
Electronic ISSN 1468-0378
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 26
Issue 4
Pages 1269-1282
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12319
Related Public URLs http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/124723/

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Williams, Neil W. & Saunders, Joe (2018). Practical grounds for belief: Kant and James on religion. European Journal of Philosophy 26(4): 1269-1282, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12319. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.




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