• The Epistemology of Religious Testimony De Bruin, Boudewijn 2013 Philo , Vol. 16 , Issue 1 , S. 95 ff. ( Zeitschrift ) Englisch 1098-3570 | 2154-1639 10.5840/Philo20131617 Abstract

    Swinburne’s The Existence of God purports to provide evidence that God very probably exists. While most of the evidence considered is publicly available, Swinburne’s Argument from Religious Experience considers private evidence gained from private religious experiences. Philipse, in God in the Age of Science? A Critique of Religious Reason argues that one of the premises of this argument, the Principle of Credulity, is not applicable to religious experiences. The present paper focuses on a second premise, the Principle of Testimony. It defends the claim that even if the Principle of Credulity holds for religious experiences, testimonial evidence about religious experience does not offer the unbeliever sufficient grounds for the rational adoption of a belief in the existence of God.

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De Bruin, Boudewijn
Philosophy and Religion

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