How Does Anyone Change Belief about Anything?

IF 1.1 0 RELIGION

Scientia et Fides Pub Date : 2023-02-25 DOI:10.12775/setf.2023.004

D. Snoke

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Abstract

The question of coming to faith, and leaving Christian faith, has become prominent in recent years, with much discussion of Christian “conversion” and “deconversion.” Some people seem to make sudden changes in their belief systems; are such changes fundamentally irrational, or can we understand them as the outcome of a rational (though perhaps tacit) thought process? In this paper, I present a model for how people change their minds about both minor and major beliefs, with elements from Thomas Kuhn’s model of “revolutions,” as well as input from the modern philosophy, psychology, and Christian theology. The main thesis of this paper is that people regularly go through revolutions of varying degrees of magnitude, which can be quite sudden, based on the buildup of tension due to lack of felt coherence in a previously-held view, compared to their perception of alternative views. Such a process is rational at its core.

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人是如何改变对事物的信念的?

近年来，信仰基督教和离开基督教的问题变得非常突出，有很多关于基督教“皈依”和“解教”的讨论。有些人似乎突然改变了他们的信仰体系;这些变化从根本上是非理性的，还是我们可以将它们理解为理性(尽管可能是默契的)思维过程的结果?在这篇论文中，我提出了一个关于人们如何改变他们对小信仰和大信仰的看法的模型，其中包括托马斯·库恩的“革命”模型的元素，以及来自现代哲学、心理学和基督教神学的输入。这篇论文的主要论点是，人们经常经历不同程度的革命，这可能是非常突然的，基于先前持有的观点与他们对替代观点的看法相比缺乏连贯性而产生的紧张感。这样一个过程的核心是理性的。

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Scientia et Fides RELIGION-

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1.80

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10.00%

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期刊介绍： "Scientia et Fides" (SetF) is an open access online journal published twice a year. It is promoted by the Faculty of Theology of Nicolaus Copernicus University, in Torun, in collaboration with the Group of Research “Science, Reason and Faith” (CRYF), at the University of Navarra. The journal is characterised by the interdisciplinary approach, multiplicity of research perspectives and broad reflection on methodology as well as analysis of the latest publications on the relationship between science and faith. The tasks of the journal are perfectly expressed by the motto "Veritas in omnibus quaerenda est" ("to seek the truth in all things") from "De revolutionibus" by Nicolaus Copernicus. SetF aims to present rigorous research works regarding different aspects of the relationship between science and religion. For this reason, SetF articles are not confined to the methodology of a single discipline and may cover a wide range of topics, provided that the interdisciplinary dialogue between science and religion is undertaken. The journal accepts articles written in English, Spanish, Polish, French, Italian and German which will be evaluated by a peer-review process.