Faith and humility / Jonathan L. Kvanvig.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-213) and index.

1. Faith Worth Having -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Fundamentally and Axiological Fundamentality -- 2. Cognitive Versus Functional Accounts -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Discomfort with Cognitivism -- 2.3. Dispositional Alternative -- 2.4. Lives of Faith -- 2.5. Conclusion -- 3. Non-Cognitive Accounts -- 3.1. Varieties of Non-Cognitivism -- 3.2. Faith as Trust -- 3.3. Value-Driven Inquiry and Affective Faith -- 3.4. Inadequacy of Trust-based Accounts of Affective Faith -- 3.5. Faith and Preferences -- 3.6. Preference Non-Cognitivism and Dispositional Non-Cognitivism -- 3.7. Conclusion -- 4. Dewey, Epistemic Fetishism, and Classical Theism -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Dewey on Faith -- 4.3. Functional Character of the Account -- 4.4. Affective Faith and Ontological Commitment -- 4.5. From Deweyan Faith to Classical Theism -- 4.6. Types of Appraisal and Epistemic Fetishism -- 4.7. Conclusion -- 5. Functional Faith in Religious Contexts -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Faith and the Christian Tradition -- 5.3. Some Methodological Reflections Concerning the Received View -- 5.4. Faith and Belief in the Context of Scripture -- 5.5. Faith and Reason -- 5.6. Conclusion -- 6. Faith, Humility, and Virtues in Isolation -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Is Humility Bad for You? -- 6.3. Holism, Atomism, and Complementarity -- 6.4. Case Study: Moses -- 6.5. Reversing the Scales -- 6.6. Conclusion -- 7. Expressions of Humility and Epistemological Psychology -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Weakening the Content of Belief -- 7.3. Changing the Mental State Reported -- 7.4. Acts and States -- 7.5. Economy of Belief -- 7.6. Commitments as Expressions of Humility -- 7.7. Conclusion -- 8. Logical Space of Humility -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Contrasts to Humility and Modesty -- 8.3. Vanity and Pride -- 8.4. Threat to Autonomy? -- 8.5. Conflicting Domains -- 8.6. Two Conceptions of Autonomy -- 8.7. Conclusion -- 9. Humility: Nature, Value, and Virtue -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Humility: Relational or Non-relational? -- 9.3. Intellectualist Accounts -- 9.4. Virtues of Attention -- 9.5. Nature of Attention -- 9.6. Conclusion -- 10. Conclusion.

"This book is devoted to articulating the connections between the nature and value of faith and humility. The goal is to understand these two virtues in a way that does not discriminate between religious and secular. Jon Kvanvig claims that each provides a necessary, compensating balance to the potential downside of the other."--Back cover.