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- noun Plural form of
fideist .
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Examples
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Whitehead reversed the common cartoon of medieval versus modern: the moderns were the fideists and the medievals the partisans of “unbridled rationalism” (p. 9).
September 13th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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Like fideists in Christianity, the mythicist standpoint seems to say "Simply doubt, and you will know the truth."
Mythicism and Historicism as Theories (and an Altar Call to Take a Leap of Doubt) James F. McGrath 2010
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Coyne and K eith Milller are fideists- they beleve no reason can be givenfor belief.
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Coyne and K eith Milller are fideists- they beleve no reason can be givenfor belief.
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Coyne and K eith Milller are fideists- they beleve no reason can be givenfor belief.
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Coyne and K eith Milller are fideists- they beleve no reason can be givenfor belief.
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Coyne and K eith Milller are fideists- they beleve no reason can be givenfor belief.
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Coyne and K eith Milller are fideists- they beleve no reason can be given for belief.
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UPDATE: When a rabid atheist and a bunch of rabid fideists thank you, Mr. Hitchens are in agreement and religion is a major part of the subject, you know that a certain decision needs to be reviewed.
October 2005 2005
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There were also fideists who went to the opposite extreme, abandoning the speculative enterprise entirely and foregoing the benefits—the understanding—that can be achieved for faith only through a disciplined use of reason.
The Angels and Us Mortimer J. Adler 1982
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