Document Type
Article
Publication Title
European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
Abstract
A large chorus of voices has grown around the claim that theistic belief is epistemically suspect since, as some cognitive scientists have hypothesized, such beliefs are a byproduct of cognitive mechanisms which evolved for rather different adaptive purposes. Th is paper begins with an overview of the pertinent cognitive science followed by a short discussion of some relevant epistemic concepts. Working from within a largely Williamsonian framework, we then present two different ways in which this research can be formulated into an argument against theistic belief. We argue that neither version works.
First Page
67
Last Page
81
DOI
10.24204/ejpr.v3i1.381
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Recommended Citation
Clark, Kelly James and Rabinowitz, Dani, "Knowledge and the objection to religious belief from cognitive science" (2011). University Faculty Publications and Creative Works. 278.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/calvin_facultypubs/278