The Right to Believe

In the twentieth century, many contemporary epistemologists in the analytic tradition have entered into debate regarding the right to belief with new tools: Richard Swinburne, Anthony Kenny, Alvin Plantinga, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Peter van Inwagen (who contributes a piece in this volume) defending or contesting the requirement of evidence for any justified belief. The best things we can do, it seems, is to examine more attentively the true notion of right to believe, especially about religious matters. This is exactly what authors of the papers in this book do.

Auteur
Roger Pouivet, Professor at the Université de Lorraine, Director of the Laboratoire d'Hitsoire des Sciences et de Philosophie - Archives Poincaré (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique). Roger Pouivet works mainly in philosophy of art (especially in ontology and metaphysics of art), epistemology of religious beliefs. Among his publications: Esthétique et logique (Mardaga, Liège, 1996), Qu'est-ce que croire ? (Vrin, Paris, 2006, 2nd ed.), Le réalisme esthétique (Presses Universitaires de France, 2006), Qu'est-ce qu'une oeuvre d'art ? (Vrin, Paris, 2007), L'ontologie de l'oeuvre d'art (Vrin, Paris, 2010, 2nd ed.), Philosophie du rock (Presses Universitaires de France, 2010), La philosophie de Nelson Goodman (with J. Morizot, Vrin, Paris, 2011). He edited recently (with C. Michon): Philosophie de la religion: approches contemporaines (Vrin, Paris, 2010). Dariusz Lukasiewicz, Professor at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland, since 2004, Director of the Institute of Philosophy. The author of over 60 scientific publications including 7 authored or edited books. Current research: Polish Brentanism and philosophy of religion. Books: Stany Rzeczy i prawda, Szkice filozoficzne (Bydgoszcz: Akademia Bydgoska 2002), Filozofia Tadeusza Czezowskiego (Bydgoszcz: Akademia Bydgoska 2002), Bóg, wszechwiedza, wolnosc (Bydgoszcz: Epigram 2007), Sad i poznanie w fenomenologii Edmunda Husserla (Bydgoszcz: WSG/Rolewski 2008), Actions, products and things. Brentano and Polish Philosophy, edited with Arkadiusz Chrudzimski (Frankfurt: Ontos 2006). Scientific Knowledge and Common Knowledge, (Epigram Publishing House/Kazimierz Wielki University Press, 2009), edited with R. Pouivet.