Does any serious/leading scholar of epistemology challenge the notion that nonbelief (in supernatural/religious claims) is rational? I would love to read their argument, if so. I don't imagine that that's controversial.
The word "atheism" is extremely loaded, so I avoid it. I only care about whether nonbelief is rational. "Atheism" is a nightmare of a term, since it might imply an assertion about God not existing or some such thing. I try to avoid that term at all costs, to avoid massive confusions. — Need Logic Help
The pope is not a serious scholar of epistemology — Need Logic Help
I don't care about "philosophers".
I've never once in this thread asked about "philosophers". — Need Logic Help
I don't take religious apologists seriously. I'm asking about serious philsci-experts, serious logicians, etc. — Need Logic Help
I've never once in this thread asked about "philosophers". — Need Logic Help
I just mean philosophy of science. — Need Logic Help
Professor Bengson’s research interests span practical and theoretical philosophy. — Need Logic Help
o-authored books, one on methodology (Philosophical Methodology: From Data to Theory, exp. fall 2020) and two in metaethics (The Moral Universe exp. 2022; Grasping Morality, exp. 2022). — Need Logic Help
People who publish peer-reviewed papers. People whose papers get cited. People who are well-regarded in their field. — Need Logic Help
Professor Bengson — Need Logic Help
Do you know people on this website who might be really expert on philsci (or logic, ethics, epistemology) who might be able to help me out with this thread?
Do trained expert philosophers (or people who know the views of trained expert philosophers) hang out on this website? — Need Logic Help
To be fair, some of this stuff might be well within the reach of a university-student who knows philsci. — Need Logic Help
Thanks. Would I better off to try /r/askphilosophy? There seem to be some fairly expert people on there. — Need Logic Help
Would you guess that most people on this forum happen to have a degree in philosophy? — Need Logic Help
But I'm not a philsci scholar, so my intuitions aren't worth anything. Certainly not unless I at the very least know what the literature in that field has to say about that field. — Need Logic Help
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