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Nic nadzwyczajnego. Wielki fakt wiary i jego naturalistyczne wyjaśnienie
Nothing Special: Great Fact of Faith and Its Naturalistic Explanation

Author(s): Stanisław Ruczaj
Subject(s): Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: faith; naturalism; Cognitive Science of Religion; Jacek Wojtysiak

Summary/Abstract: In his book Między ukryciem a jawnością [Between Hiddenness and Openness] (2023), Professor Jacek Wojtysiak argues that on the assumption of atheistic naturalism, no convincing explanation can be given for the ‘great fact of faith,’ that is, the phenomenon of the historical persistence and universality of the belief in the existence of God. The purpose of this paper is to challenge this thesis. Drawing on selected theories from the field of the Cognitive Science of Religion, I sketch a naturalistic explanation of how religious belief arises.

  • Issue Year: 71/2023
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 131-147
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish