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God, the Good, and the Spiritual Turn in Epistemology
  • Roberto Di Ceglie
  • Published online:
    19 August 2022
    Print publication:
    18 August 2022
  • In this book, Roberto Di Ceglie offers an historical, theological, and epistemological investigation exploring how commitments to God and/or the good generate the optimum condition to achieve knowledge. Di Ceglie criticizes the common belief that to attain knowledge, one must always be ready to replace one's convictions with beliefs that appear to be proven. He defends a more comprehensive view, historically exemplified by outstanding Christian thinkers, whereby believers are expected to commit themselves to God and to related beliefs no matter how convincing the evidence contradicting such beliefs appears to be. He also argues that both believers and unbelievers can commit themselves to God and the good, respectively, thereby creating a spiritual turn in epistemology that enables them to generate the best possible condition for conducting rational enquiries and discussion.

  • Chapter 6 - Comparison with Virtue Epistemology and Reinforcement

  • from Part III - The Spiritual Turn
  • Roberto Di Ceglie
  • Book:
    God, the Good, and the Spiritual Turn in Epistemology
    Published online:
    19 August 2022
    Print publication:
    18 August 2022, pp 168-210

  • Summary

    The author first compares the spiritual turn in epistemology with virtue epistemology, which only seemingly resembles it. He then reinforces his thesis (i.e., the idea that the spiritual turn in epistemology should be taken) by arguing that all debaters seem to implicitly take on various commitments, commitments to certain goods and related beliefs that are seen as indispensable and undeniable in contemporary Western society. Consequently, all debaters – both believers and unbelievers – may take the spiritual turn and find themselves in the best possible condition to improve intellectual investigations and debates, including the ability to achieve conclusiveness.