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Faith, Philosophy and the Reflective Muslim

Part of the Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion Book Series

DOI: 10.1057/9781137286369

ISBN: 978-1-349-44931-6

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK - Springer Journals

Oct 12, 2015

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Introduction

Ali, Zain

Pages: 1 –8

[A major question in the Philosophy of Religion concerns the existence of God, and a significant portion of the literature in this field is devoted to providing an answer to this question.1The question also plays a central role in this study, though I will not attempt to provide arguments which...
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A Jamesian Account of Faith

Ali, Zain

Pages: 9 –34

[Faith, according to William James, involves believing beyond the evidence. The plan for this chapter is to first articulate a prima facie case for the philosophical viability of the Jamesian account of faith. To this end, we will engage with James’s account in three distinct ways. We will begin...
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The Challenge of Al-Ghazālī’s Scepticism

Ali, Zain

Pages: 35 –53

[We have engaged with James’s account of faiths in three distinct ways. First, I articulated James’s argument which suggests that a person can, under certain conditions, be entitled to believe beyond the evidence. Second, we engaged with Cliffordian evidentialism, which maintains that it is...
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Al-Ghazālī’s Sufi Account of Faith

Ali, Zain

Pages: 54 –77

[Al-Ghazālī’s case for scepticism aims to challenge the common-sense view of the world. He maintains that the deliverances of sense perception and human reason are not trustworthy. If we concede this form of scepticism, then we must also be prepared to suspend the enterprise of philosophy of...
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A Jamesian Reading of Al-Ghazālī

Ali, Zain

Pages: 78 –99

[The aim of this chapter is to consider an alternative reading of al-Ghazālī’s narrative and enlightenment experience. Our reason for seeking an alternative reading is motivated by the weaknesses of the Sufi account which were highlighted in the previous chapter. To recall, there were three...
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The Challenge of Contemporary Evidentialism

Ali, Zain

Pages: 100 –122

[The reflective Muslim, I maintain, is capable of satisfying the constraints associated with the Jamesian account of faith. That is, if the reflective Muslim has a passionally caused belief in the existence of God that decides a genuine option, and if the passional cause of the belief and its...
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Challenges to Religious Pluralism

Ali, Zain

Pages: 123 –151

[My aim in this chapter is to evaluate three distinct challenges to the pluralism that is associated with the Jamesian account of faith. I have previously noted that the Jamesian account can be employed by a reflective atheist, Christian or Jew. The reason why the account is broadly applicable is...
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Conclusion

Ali, Zain

Pages: 152 –154

[We have covered much ground, and now it is important to gain an overview of what this study has achieved. This study has aimed to establish that the Jamesian account provides us with a philosophically viable response to the question of entitlement to believe in God. The Jamesian account permits...

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