Belief policies / Paul Helm
1994, 1st edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #417977
Physical description; 226 pp. Contents; Belief, knowledge and the norm -- Belief and the will -- The idea of a belief-policy. Swinburne on belief ; Van Fraassen on Augustine -- Belief-policies: some alternatives. Locke on belief ; W.K. Clifford and the ethics of belief ; William James and the will to believe ; Plantinga's permissive policy -- Which belief-policy? -- Belief, weakness of will and self-deception -- Responsibility for belief and toleration -- Fideism. Subjects; Belief and doubt. Philosophy. Knowledge, Theory of (Religion).
Price: €125.00