Epistemic Paternalism, Averroes, and Religious Knowledge, 2022
By: Kirk Lougheed, Joshua Lee Harris
Title Epistemic Paternalism, Averroes, and Religious Knowledge
Type Article
Language English
Date 2022
Journal Philosophy East and West
Volume 72
Issue 4
Pages 960-972
Categories Epistemology, Theology
Author(s) Kirk Lougheed , Joshua Lee Harris
Publisher(s)
Translator(s)
The distinction between knowledge by demonstration and knowledge by imagination in Averroes offers a helpful explanation as to why epistemic paternalism is permitted in at least some religious cases. In certain religious settings the stakes may be so high that partial knowledge by imagination is indeed better than confusion resulting from a demonstration. While it is true this defense is not purely epistemic, many are in good company as it turns out that almost no cases of epistemic paternalism are purely epistemic. Finally, an upshot of their view is that it nicely explains why their defense of epistemic paternalism might apply to other domains of great importance but not to trivial matters. Much more remains to be said about the permissibility of epistemic paternalism more generally, and about its permissibility in religious cases in particular.

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Epistemic Paternalism, Averroes, and Religious Knowledge, 2022
By: Kirk Lougheed, Joshua Lee Harris
Title Epistemic Paternalism, Averroes, and Religious Knowledge
Type Article
Language English
Date 2022
Journal Philosophy East and West
Volume 72
Issue 4
Pages 960-972
Categories Epistemology, Theology
Author(s) Kirk Lougheed , Joshua Lee Harris
Publisher(s)
Translator(s)
The distinction between knowledge by demonstration and knowledge by imagination in Averroes offers a helpful explanation as to why epistemic paternalism is permitted in at least some religious cases. In certain religious settings the stakes may be so high that partial knowledge by imagination is indeed better than confusion resulting from a demonstration. While it is true this defense is not purely epistemic, many are in good company as it turns out that almost no cases of epistemic paternalism are purely epistemic. Finally, an upshot of their view is that it nicely explains why their defense of epistemic paternalism might apply to other domains of great importance but not to trivial matters. Much more remains to be said about the permissibility of epistemic paternalism more generally, and about its permissibility in religious cases in particular.

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