
doi: 10.1414/78394
My main aim in this paper is to initiate a dialogue between Wittgenstein and present-day social epistemology on the issue of religious disagreement. I will use the contemporary discussions to reconstruct Wittgenstein's position on religious disagreement and, at the same time, I will try to indicate where Wittgenstein differs from well-known positions in this discourse. I will argue for four interpretative theses. First, Wittgenstein insists that the religious believer has extraordinary belief attitudes; second, he deems full disclosure of evidence for extraordinary beliefs impossible; third, faced with an epistemic peer who holds extraordinary beliefs, Wittgenstein opts neither for suspension of judgments nor for demotion of the religious believer's epistemic credentials; and fourth, he leans towards a form of relativism.
Religious belief, Ludwig Wittgenstein, 603124 Theory of science, Epistemic peers, 603124 Wissenschaftstheorie, Relativism, Evidence
Religious belief, Ludwig Wittgenstein, 603124 Theory of science, Epistemic peers, 603124 Wissenschaftstheorie, Relativism, Evidence
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