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Belief and doubt --- Faith --- God --- Religion --- Skepticism

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À la fois connaissance et méconnaissance, la doxa est le plus souvent définie comme un ensemble de croyances fausses ou confuses fondant la "vérité commune" de ceux qui n'ont pas accès à la certitude putativement attachée à une épistémè supérieure. Entre opinion, préjugé et supposition, la croyance empirique et subjective est une construction en même temps qu'une préconstruction. Connaissance et communication postulent le partage d'un système de compréhension, largement alimenté par la doxa, entendue comme un ensemble de valeurs, de lieux communs et d'idées relatifs à certains aspects et éléments de la réalité signifiée : elle se situe donc au-delà de la langue, mais en deçà du discours dont elle fonde tacitement l'intercompréhension. Sans préjuger de la valeur négative ou positive de l'idée de doxa, les contributeurs sont invités à questionner l'historique de la notion, en explorant le réseau des concepts associés (vérité, vraisemblance, croyance, certitude, etc.) tels qu'ils furent usités et étudiés à toutes les époques de l'histoire et de la pensée, aussi bien dans le champ théorique proprement dit de la philosophie et de l'épistémologie que dans les domaines pratiques (science, érudition, religion, enseignement, historiographie, vie quotidienne, etc.) auxquels elle s'applique. Afin de proposer un regard neuf sur une question ancienne, les éditeurs retiendront de préférence les propositions les plus novatrices et les plus originales dont le caractère érudit sera clairement affirmé.

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The Will to Imagine completes J. L. Schellenberg's trilogy in the philosophy of religion, following his acclaimed Prolegomena to a Philosophy of Religion and The Wisdom to Doubt. This book marks a striking reversal in our understanding of the possibility of religious faith. Where other works treat religious skepticism as a dead end, The Will to Imagine argues that skepticism is the only point from which a proper beginning in religious inquiry-and in religion itself-can be made. For Schellenberg, our immaturity as a species not only makes justified religious belief impossible but also provides the appropriate context for a type of faith response grounded in imagination rather than belief, directed not to theism but to ultimism, the heart of religion. This new and nonbelieving form of faith, he demonstrates, is quite capable of nourishing an authentic religious life while allowing for inquiry into ways of refining the generic idea that shapes its commitments. A singular feature of Schellenberg's book is his claim, developed in detail, that unsuccessful believers' arguments can successfully be recast as arguments for imaginative faith. Out of the rational failure of traditional forms of religious belief, The Will to Imagine fashions an unconventional form of religion better fitted, Schellenberg argues, to the human species as it exists today and as we may hope it will evolve.

Skepticism. --- Belief and doubt. --- Religion --- Conviction --- Doubt --- Consciousness --- Credulity --- Emotions --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Will --- Agnosticism --- Rationalism --- Skepticism --- Scepticism --- Unbelief --- Belief and doubt --- Free thought --- Philosophy.

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Agnosticism. --- Agnosticisme --- Agnosticism --- Atheism --- Belief and doubt --- Faith --- Free thought --- Skepticism

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"If good design tells the truth," writes Robert Grudin in this path-breaking book on esthetics and authority, "poor design tells a lie, a lie usually related . . . to the getting or abusing of power. "From the ornate cathedrals of Renaissance Europe to the much-maligned Ford Edsel of the late 1950's, all products of human design communicate much more than their mere intended functions. Design holds both psychological and moral power over us, and these forces may be manipulated, however subtly, to surprising effect. In an argument that touches upon subjects as seemingly unrelated as the Japanese tea ceremony, Italian mannerist painting, and Thomas Jefferson's Monticello plantation, Grudin turns his attention to the role of design in our daily lives, focusing especially on how political and economic powers impress themselves on us through the built environment. Although architects and designers will find valuable insights here, Grudin's intended audience is not exclusively the trained expert but all those who use designs and live within them every day.

Design. --- Truth. --- Conviction --- Belief and doubt --- Philosophy --- Skepticism --- Certainty --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Pragmatism --- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)