TY - JOUR
T1 - Gritty faith
AU - Matheson, Jonathan
N1 - Matheson. (2018). Gritty Faith. American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, 92(3), 499–513. https://doi.org/10.5840/acpq201858152
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Recently there has been renewed philosophical interest in both the nature and value of faith. A central issue in this literature is whether faith requires belief. Non-doxastic accounts of faith maintain that having faith that p does not require believing that p. In this paper I connect the literature on non-doxastic accounts of faith to the empirical literature on grit. Grit is passionate perseverance to obtain long term goals, and it has been found to be an excellent predictor of success. I argue that the motivations for non-doxastic accounts of faith support conceiving of faith as grit. I also argue that conceiving of faith as grit comes with a number of advantages. In particular, such a move shows how faith can be voluntary, rational, and valuable.
AB - Recently there has been renewed philosophical interest in both the nature and value of faith. A central issue in this literature is whether faith requires belief. Non-doxastic accounts of faith maintain that having faith that p does not require believing that p. In this paper I connect the literature on non-doxastic accounts of faith to the empirical literature on grit. Grit is passionate perseverance to obtain long term goals, and it has been found to be an excellent predictor of success. I argue that the motivations for non-doxastic accounts of faith support conceiving of faith as grit. I also argue that conceiving of faith as grit comes with a number of advantages. In particular, such a move shows how faith can be voluntary, rational, and valuable.
UR - https://doi.org/10.5840/acpq201858152
U2 - 10.5840/acpq201858152
DO - 10.5840/acpq201858152
M3 - Article
SN - 1051-3558
VL - 92
SP - 499
EP - 513
JO - American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
JF - American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -