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Critical Thinking. Reformed Epistemology. One of the central tasks of the philosophy of religion is to provide an answer to the question Is belief in God justified? In recent decades, there has been a radical change in the way that many Christian philosophers approach this question. Most discussion of this question presupposes an evidentialism, according to which belief in God is justified only if the balance of evidence suggests that such belief is true. The task of philosophers of religion is then seen as weighing the arguments for God’s existence against the arguments against God’s existence and determining which are the stronger. Reformed epistemologists reject this evidentialist assumption, affirming that belief in God can be rational even in the absence of evidence for God’s existence.
Reformed epistemology is thus a reaction against both evidentialism and classical foundationalism. Foundationalism is a theory about how our beliefs are justified (epistemic justification). Evidence we should expect from a transcendent God | CARM | Atheism. By Matt Slick If we were to theorize about the manifestation of the Christian Immaterial, Transcendent God in a material world, we would expect such evidences to display characteristics of transcendence and personhood. After all, Christianity asserts that God exists outside the material world, and he is a living being. The evidences would not be restricted to a materialistic, non-transcendent framework; otherwise, such evidence would not be distinguishable from the material realm. If such "transcendent evidence" were presented, the materialist atheist would have three options: 1) accept it and affirm that God exists, 2) dismiss it based on his materialistic worldview, 3) or examine it and decide later.
If he accepts the evidence as supporting God's existence, his worldview is refuted. If he rejects it, then he is at risk of continuing in the error of the category mistake (judging the immaterial and transcendent category by the material and non-transcendent category. Conclusion. FOX News Talk - New York, NY. Philosophies of Men Mingled With Scripture: "Atheism is very stupid." - Carl Sagan. PHIL220: Alvin Plantinga's "Religious Belief Without Evidence": Are w by Kirsten Gerdes on Prezi. Logical Fallacies: The Fallacy Files.