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Springer Ethics Of Belief Essays In Tribute To D.Z. Phillips 2008 Edition by Foreword by E.T. Long Eugene Thomas Long Patrick Horn
Eugene Thomas Long Originally published in the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion Volume 63 Nos 1-3. DOI: 10. 1007/s11153-007-9155-4 (c) Springer Science+Business Media B. V. 2007 This volume is presented as a tribute to the life and work of D. Z. Phillips. Six of the articles were originally presented at the annual conference on the philosophy of religion organized by Phillips and held at Claremont Graduate University February 9-10 2007. Unfortunately Phillipsdidnotlivetoparticipateintheconferenceitself. HediedunexpectedlyJuly252006 in the library of his beloved University of Wales Swansea. Previously published volumes of essaysbasedonconferencesorganizedbyPhillipsinClaremontincludedachapterentitled "Voices in Discussion" in which Phillips provided his own reactions to the discussions wr- ten almost immediately after the conference. Sadly this volume appears without the addition of his voice. Born in Morriston near Swansea Phillips was a Welsh speaker a strong supporter of Welsh speaking schools and the author of many works in philosophy and literature in Welsh and English. Known widely as the leading representative of the movement in the philo- phy of religion called Wittgensteinianism Phillips spent much of his effort challenging the tendency of philosophers to elevate one kind of discourse to the point where it becomes the norm by which other forms of discourse are to be judged. Table of contents : Acknowledgments.- Ethics of belief: introduction.- The duty to believe according to the evidence.- The virtues of belief: toward a non-evidentialist ethics of belief-formation.- The ethics of belief and two conceptions of christian faith.- Choosing to believe.- Can religious arguments persuade?.- Belief faith and acceptance.- D. Z. Phillips and reasonable belief.- D. Z. Phillips on the grammar of "God".- Tribute to Dewi Z. Phillips.