Abstract

Abstract True beliefs tend to be rational beliefs, and rational beliefs tend to be true beliefs. Yet true beliefs may not be rational (e.g., I may believe truly, on a hunch, that I will win the lottery), and rational beliefs may not be true (e.g., I may believe what experts tell me, yet the experts may be wrong). So two questions, not one, will guide the coming inquiry. If belief in other minds is true, is belief in God likewise true? If belief in other minds is rational, is belief in God likewise rational? Before pursuing these questions, I must first specify more definitely both terms of the comparison (God and other minds) and both of its aspects (truth and rationality), and thereby clarify the close connection between the two questions as I conceive them here.

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