Three Arguments to Think that Faith Does Not Entail Belief

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 100 (1):114-128 (2018)
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Abstract

On doxastic theories of propositional faith,necessarily,S has faith that p only if S believes that p. On nondoxastic theories of propositional faith, it’s false that,necessarily,S has faith that p only if S believes that p. In this article, I defend three arguments for nondoxastic theories of faith and I respond to published criticisms of them.

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