How to Measure the Firmness of a Belief?
One of the more well-known of Wittgenstein’s thoughts about the nature of religious beliefs is that we go wrong if we try to vindicate or refute religious beliefs in the same way as we do in the sciences. This may make it seem as if Wittgenstein held a view where the world can be divided into two se...
| Published in: | Religions |
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| Main Author: | Niklas Forsberg |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16/9/1170 |
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