Religious Experience Argument from the Viewpoint of Swinburne

جستارهایی در فلسفه و کلام

Article 2, Volume 45, Issue 1, July 2013   

Document Type: علمی پژوهشی

DOI: 10.22067/philosophy.v45i1.11697

Authors

mohamad javad asghari^* ; Sayyid Maḥmūd Mūsawī

Abstract

Religious experience argument is one of the most significant arguments in proving the existence of God in the West. Swinburne – the theistic philosopher – has presented a particular exposition of this argument based on the specific principles he calls “credibility principle” and “witness principle”, which have attracted the attention of the philosophers of religion. It is attempted in this research to explicate Swinburne’s exposition of this
argument as well as explaining the above principles.

Keywords

religious experience; credibility principle; witness principle