Sunday, January 24, 2010
Faith and Philosophy
On thing I am wondering is where does faith play a role in philosophy? I mean we will discuss truth and the different kinds of truth, but when it comes to faith in something, does truth really matter. For example, I am a Christian and I have faith in the Bible and in God, to me the Bible and my faith is true but what is true to me may not be true to others. There are many atheist and agnostics out there, and even they have faith but they have faith that there is no God. In this search for truth, I feel like we can only get so far because everyone has their own capacity and knowledge of what truth is, the rest is just faith. When we talk about truth, I feel the truth that is talked about is mainley correspondence truth, for example "The Sky is Blue." We know that the sky is blue because we physically see that the sky is blue. So my question is as stated in the beginning what role does faith play in phlisophy?
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ReplyDeleteMany philosophers would argue that even scientists depends to some extent on faith in their epistemological and ontological assumptions, and in the reliability of the process of experimentation for providing access to knowledge. The goal, however, of scientific endeavors is to be able to rely as little as possible on faith and as much as possible on something more concrete and certain. Philosophies vary in their dedication to this goal; some philosophies seek clarity, while others seek ways to cope with a lack thereof, or even to avoid it. The role that faith plays in philosophy therefore varies from one philosophy to the other.
ReplyDeleteIn regard to truth, since truth by definition involves a relation between a claim and something that the claim refers to, i think we need to be careful about taking into account the difference between what kinds of things, if any, change when one makes claims about them, and what kinds of things, if any, do not.