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“Fideism” is thus to be understood not as a synonym for “religious belief,” but as denoting a particular philosophical account of faith's appropriate jurisdiction vis-a-vis that of reason.
Fideism Amesbury, Richard 2009
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More recently, the charge of Wittgensteinian Fideism has become associated especially with the work of the philosopher of religion D.Z. Phillips.
Fideism Amesbury, Richard 2009
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Remarks such as these seem to militate against the balkanized view of language implied by Wittgensteinian Fideism.
Fideism Amesbury, Richard 2009
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Indeed, there was a time not so long ago when Traditionalism was only used of a condemned error along with Fideism.
The Society of Scholastics -- online courses about to start 2009
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Look up both “The Epistemology of Religion” and “Fideism” to get some helpful summary of contemporary positions.
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Fideism is the view that religious belief does not require evidence and that religious faith is self-vindicating.
Philosophy of Religion Taliaferro, Charles 2007
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Fideism owes its origin to distrust in human reason, and the logical sequence of such an attitude is scepticism.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Fideism has divers degrees and takes divers forms, according to the field of truth to which it is extended, and the various elements which are affirmed as constituting the authority.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Fideism, or, as Paulsen designated it, the Irrationalism of many
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Bautain was required to subscribe to several propositions directly opposed to Fideism, the first and the fifth of which read as follows:
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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