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Justification of religious beliefs in Pragmatic encroachment

Parchebaf Dowlati, Alireza | 2022

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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: Farsi
  3. Document No: 55488 (42)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Philosophy of Science
  6. Advisor(s): Taheri Khoramabadi, Ali
  7. Abstract:
  8. In epistemology, pragmatic encroachment is a theory of justification that, unlike the purist theories, emphasizes the importance of pragmatic factors in the formation of justified beliefs. This theory determines the amount of justification necessary to obtain a justified belief by considering the pragmatic consequences of a belief. In this way, this theory becomes increasingly important in religious beliefs; because (not) believing in religious beliefs will have many practical results. This thesis examines pragmatic encroachment and its effects on religious beliefs. Firstly, I will describe the theory of pragmatic encroachment and its dimensions as one of the theories of justification. Then I will examine Pascal's argument. As one of the arguments for theism, this argument uses practical comparison and examination of the consequences of atheism to show the reasonableness of theism. By examining this argument, I demonstrate that pragmatic encroachment, despite solving the epistemic threshold problem in epistemology, cannot alone produce a justified belief in the existence of God. In order to produce a justified belief, theories such as evidentialism and reliabilism must be placed next to pragmatic encroachment. Accordingly, pragmatic encroachment will provide a criterion for the amount of justification necessary for the formation of a justified belief, and in order to achieve it, justification factors must be raised next to the threshold of knowledge. Furthermore, I will show that lifestyles, values, preferences, and hopes can play an important role in establishing practical conditions and putting into practice the theory of pragmatic encroachment in order to create a belief, such as God's existence.
  9. Keywords:
  10. Justification ; Epistemology ; God ; Religions Believes ; Pragmatic Encroachment

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