Agnostic theism
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Agnostic theism, agnostotheism, or agnostitheism is the
philosophical view that encompasses both theism and agnosticism
. An agnostic theist believes in the existence of one or more gods, but regards the basis of this proposition as unknown or inherently unknowable. The agnostic theist may also or alternatively be agnostic regarding the properties of the god or gods that they believe in.
Views of agnostic theism
There are numerous beliefs that can be included in agnostic theism, such as fideism, the doctrine that knowledge depends on faith or revelation; not all agnostic theists are fideists. Since agnosticism is in the philosophical rather than religious sense an epistemological position on knowledge regarding the divine and does not forbid belief in the existence of one or more deities, it is considered to be compatible with both atheistic and theistic positions.[1]
The classical
justified true belief. The founder of logotherapy, Viktor Frankl, may have well exemplified this definition. Seidner expands upon this example and stresses Frankl's characterization of unconscious.[2] Agnostic theism could be interpreted as an admission that it is not possible to justify one's belief in a god sufficiently for it to be considered known. This may be because they consider faith
a requirement of their religion, or because of the influence of plausible-seeming scientific or philosophical criticism.
early days of the Christian Church.[3]
See also
References
- S2CID 169901708.
- ^ Seidner, Stanley S. (June 10, 2009) "A Trojan Horse: Logotherapeutic Transcendence and its Secular Implications for Theology" Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine. Mater Dei Institute.
- ISBN 978-0-687-06977-4.
External links
- Epistemology - from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- AGNOSTICISM - from Dictionary of the History of Ideas
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