Formulating a Probabilistic Argument from Divine Hiddenness and Seeking Empirically Informed Solutions

从神圣隐藏中提出概率论证并寻求经验丰富的解决方案

• 批准号: 2726204
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2726204
• 关键词: Formulating; Probabilistic; Argument; Divine; Hiddenness

This project will focus on an objection to belief in God called the Argument from Divine Hiddenness (Schellenberg, 1993), which has now become the leading philosophical objection to God's existence in contemporary philosophy of religion. My work will seek to enlarge the discussion on this topic by looking at how the Argument from Divine Hiddenness can be reformulated using probabilistic reasoning, rather than deductive reasoning (Drange, 1993; Schellenberg, 2007, 2015). While this type of approach has been applied to and enhanced discussion of other arguments against God's existence, such as the Argument from Evil (Draper, 1989, 2011; Tooley, 1991, 2019; Rowe, 1979), virtually no work of this type has been applied to the Argument from Divine Hiddenness (Maitzen, 2006). Given increasing awareness of the unique contribution that Divine Hiddenness makes beyond the Argument from Evil (Anderson, forthcoming), my work will remedy this lack of attention on Divine Hiddenness by presenting a new probabilistic Argument from Divine Hiddenness.In addition, I will be using the tools and findings of epistemology, psychology of religion, and cognitive science of religion to explore potential solutions to this new argument, focusing primarily on non-culpable ways in which individuals might miss or fail to have available evidence. In epistemology, this will be on whether providing evidence to x entails that x will be in receipt of the evidence (Anderson, 2017, 2018). In psychology of religion, I will look at how types of biased reasoning bear on the question of belief in God along with how differences in information processing influences evidence sets. (Shenhav, Rand, and Greene, 2012; Lobato et al., 2020). And finally, in cognitive science of religion I will focus on the alleged naturalness of religious belief (Mccauley, 2011) and the implications this has for Divine Hiddenness.While my research will be methodologically innovative by, at least in part, relying on empirically informed data, I will still be using the methodology of contemporary analytical philosophers: conceptual analysis. Beyond moving conversation on Divine Hiddenness away from its current deadlock in the literature towards more fruitful dialogue, my research in epistemology and psychology of religion, for example, will have far-reaching implications to domains such as the legal system. Understanding how biases operate and how different individuals or groups may process evidence is a crucial component to reform policies concerning court proceedings and jury trials. Moreover, my research in the cognitive science of religion will explore some of the evolutionary underpinnings of religious belief. Exploring the cognitive mechanisms that give rise to religiosity can, for example, help sociologists understand and predictfactors affecting social change.

该项目将集中于对上帝的信仰的反对，称为神隐藏中的论点（Schellenberg，1993），该论点现在已成为当代宗教哲学中上帝存在的主要哲学反对。我的工作将通过研究如何使用概率推理而不是演绎推理来重新校正，以寻求扩大有关该主题的讨论（Drange，1993; Schellenberg，2007，2015）。尽管这种类型的方法已应用于对其他反对上帝存在的论点的讨论，例如《邪恶的论点》（Draper，1989，2011; Tooley，1991，2019; Rowe，1979），但实际上没有将这种类型的工作应用于神圣的隐藏性中的论点（Maitzen，2006）。鉴于对神的隐藏性的越来越多的意识超出了邪恶的论点（安德森，即将到来的），我的工作将通过提出一种新的概率隐藏的关注来弥补这种对神性隐藏的关注，从神圣的隐藏性中提出了新的概率论点。在加上神圣的隐藏性中，我将利用这种宗教和宗教心理学的范围来探索本体的工具和宗教上的自由学，并探索宗教的宗教，并探索新的宗教科学，并将其焦点固定在宗教上，焦点，并探讨了宗教的新论点，并探讨了宗教的宗教，并探讨了宗教的新论点，并探讨了宗教的焦点，并将其重点放在宗教上，并将其探索。可能会错过或没有提供证据。在认识论中，这将是关于向X提供证据是否需要X收到证据的证据（Anderson，2017，2018）。在宗教心理学中，我将研究有偏见的推理的类型如何在信仰神的问题上以及信息处理的差异如何影响证据集。 （Shenhav，Rand和Greene，2012年； Lobato等，2020）。最后，在宗教的认知科学中，我将重点关注所谓的宗教信仰自然性（McCauley，2011年）及其对神的隐藏性的影响。虽然我的研究在方法论上至少在某种程度上是在某种程度上是依靠经验知情的数据，但我仍将使用当代分析哲学家的方法：概念分析。例如，关于神的隐藏性的对话从文献中目前的僵局转向更富有成果的对话之外，我在宗教认识论和宗教心理学方面的研究还将对诸如法律体系等领域的影响深远。了解偏见的运作方式以及不同的个人或团体如何处理证据是改革有关法院诉讼和陪审团审判的政策的关键组成部分。此外，我在宗教认知科学方面的研究将探讨宗教信仰的一些进化基础。探索引起宗教信仰的认知机制可以帮助社会学家理解和预测影响社会变革的因素。