I Believe in order to Understand:An Externalist Analysis of Augustin’s Viewpoint
The Augustinian theologian's unusual assertion that understanding rests on the faith, seems to be confronted with various objections. Through analyzing, criticizing, and refuting these objections, we will clarify epistemological status of this assertion. This essay consists of two sections. I...
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| description | The Augustinian theologian's unusual assertion that understanding rests on the faith, seems to be confronted with various objections. Through analyzing, criticizing, and refuting these objections, we will clarify epistemological status of this assertion. This essay consists of two sections. In the first section, by distinguishing two different approaches to epistemic justification, that is, internalism and externalism, it will be argued that these objections are all due to epistemic obligations which are imposed by internalist approach. The said objections, thus, will be resolved if these obligations are eliminated; externalist approach undertakes to do this. Then, we will show that although the latter one can appropriately satisfy the requisites which are necessary to representing a general epistemology but its foundations rest on a condition which will merely be provided through a faith-based explanation. In the second section, we will argue that the Augustinian theologian's viewpoint is the only one which can appropriately pave the way for this condition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-68fb5f90822542d9803567f50648882f2024-03-06T08:02:53ZfasImam Sadiq Universityپژوهشنامه فلسفه دین2228-65782228-65862013-10-01112759810.30497/prr.2013.14771477I Believe in order to Understand:An Externalist Analysis of Augustin’s ViewpointMahdi Soleimani Khormuji0Jahangir Masoudi1MA Graduated of Philosophy, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iranدانشیار گروه فلسفه و حکمت اسلامی، دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد و پژوهشگر پژوهشگاه علوم و فرهنگ اسلامیThe Augustinian theologian's unusual assertion that understanding rests on the faith, seems to be confronted with various objections. Through analyzing, criticizing, and refuting these objections, we will clarify epistemological status of this assertion. This essay consists of two sections. In the first section, by distinguishing two different approaches to epistemic justification, that is, internalism and externalism, it will be argued that these objections are all due to epistemic obligations which are imposed by internalist approach. The said objections, thus, will be resolved if these obligations are eliminated; externalist approach undertakes to do this. Then, we will show that although the latter one can appropriately satisfy the requisites which are necessary to representing a general epistemology but its foundations rest on a condition which will merely be provided through a faith-based explanation. In the second section, we will argue that the Augustinian theologian's viewpoint is the only one which can appropriately pave the way for this condition.https://prrj.isu.ac.ir/article_1477_8ee3921db1dc943f46814f0a7eff0699.pdffaithepistemic justificationinternalismdoubtexternalismreliabilismaugustine |
| spellingShingle | Mahdi Soleimani Khormuji Jahangir Masoudi I Believe in order to Understand:An Externalist Analysis of Augustin’s Viewpoint پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین faith epistemic justification internalism doubt externalism reliabilism augustine |
| title | I Believe in order to Understand:An Externalist Analysis of Augustin’s Viewpoint |
| title_full | I Believe in order to Understand:An Externalist Analysis of Augustin’s Viewpoint |
| title_fullStr | I Believe in order to Understand:An Externalist Analysis of Augustin’s Viewpoint |
| title_full_unstemmed | I Believe in order to Understand:An Externalist Analysis of Augustin’s Viewpoint |
| title_short | I Believe in order to Understand:An Externalist Analysis of Augustin’s Viewpoint |
| title_sort | i believe in order to understand an externalist analysis of augustin s viewpoint |
| topic | faith epistemic justification internalism doubt externalism reliabilism augustine |
| url | https://prrj.isu.ac.ir/article_1477_8ee3921db1dc943f46814f0a7eff0699.pdf |
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