| dc.rights.license | In Copyright | en_US |
| dc.creator | Beeley, Christopher Alfred | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-21T19:15:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-04-21T19:15:38Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1990 | |
| dc.identifier | WLURG038_Beeley_thesis_1990 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.wlu.edu/handle/11021/36117 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper first examines Wittgenstein's treatment in On Certainty of the groundlessness of our fundamental beliefs. It then examines some 'groundless' aspects of religious (specifically Christian) beliefs, looking for similarities with fundamental empirical beliefs. Finally, this paper reflects on some essential differences between fundamental empirical beliefs and religious beliefs based on the life-changes that religious belief entails, again drawing from Wittgenstein. [From Introduction] | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 40 pages | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
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| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Washington and Lee University -- Honors in Philosophy | en_US |
| dc.title | Wittgenstein on the Groundlessness of Our Fundamental Empirical and Religious Beliefs | |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |
| dcterms.isPartOf | WLURG38 - Student Papers | |
| dc.rights.holder | Beeley, Christopher Alfred | |
| dc.subject.fast | Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 | en_US |
| dc.subject.fast | Belief and doubt | en_US |
| dc.subject.fast | Religion | en_US |
| local.department | Philosophy | en_US |
| local.scholarshiptype | Honors Thesis | en_US |
