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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e
William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi
The Search for God
Pragmatic and subjective justifications of religious belief

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1

The claim that it is not rationally required to have objective, rational evidence for our basic beliefs and stance toward life is the doctrine known as .
2

The French thinker Blaise composed a well-known argument for belief in God on the basis of a wager.
3

According to Pascal, "the has its reasons which reason does not know."
4

In "The Ethics of Belief", W.K claims that "It is wrong always, everywhere, and for any one, to believe anything on insufficient evidence."
5

James argues that when we face a decision that is live, , and momentous in a situation in which we lack objective evidence, it is ok to decide what to believe on the basis of subjective factors.








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