Faith - and Faith in Hypotheses

Debate continues to rage among philosophers of religion over Anthony Flew's famous little paper ‘'Theology and Falsification' and the responses it provoked, most notably R. M. Hare's response that religious claims are in no way like scientific hypotheses. For now, twenty years la...

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Authors: King-Farlow, John 1932- (Author) ; Christensen, William Niels (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [1971]
In: Religious studies
Year: 1971, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 113-124
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