The Epistemology of Religious Disagreement A Better Understanding

Many assume falsely that religious disagreements engage rules of evidence presentation and belief justification radically different than the ordinary disagreements people have every day, whether those religious disagreements are in Sri Lanka between Hindu

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10.1057/9781137015105 - The Epistemology of Religious Disagreement, James Kraft

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10.1057/9781137015105 - The Epistemology of Religious Disagreement, James Kraft

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The Epistemology of Religious Disagreement

10.1057/9781137015105 - The Epistemology of Religious Disagreement, James Kraft

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A Better Understanding

James Kraft

10.1057/9781137015105 - The Epistemology of Religious Disagreement, James Kraft

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The Epistemology of Religious Disagreement

the epistemology of religious disagreement Copyright © James Kraft, 2012. All rights reserved.

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10.1057/9781137015105 - The Epistemology of Religious Disagreement, James Kraft

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To those who help me remain tethered: Gülis, Kurt, Helen, Jim, Gülar, İsmail . . .

10.1057/9781137015105 - The Epistemology of Religious Disagreement, James Kraft

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Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

1

Part I

7

The Epistemology of Ordinary Disagreements

1

Justified True Belief?

2

Varieties of Luck and Possible Worlds

37

3

Skepticism between Beginner’s and Lottery Luck

59

4

Ordinary Disagreements

69

Part II

From Ordinary to Religious Disagreements

9

95

5

Ordinary and Religious Disagreements Compared

97

6

Exclusivism, Pluralism, Postmodernism, Conte