Communities of Informed Judgment Newman's Illative Sense and Accounts of Rationality

by Frederick D. Aquino

Is Christian belief rationally acceptable? Must every Christian defend his or her beliefs with exhaustively logical arguments, or is belief solely a matter of faith rather than logical argument? In Communities of Informed Judgment, Frederick D. Aquino offers an alternative route, showing how John Henry Newman's notion of the illative sense of reasoning paves a way for constructing a fresh account of the rationality of Christian belief. Moving beyond...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813213649
• ISBN13: 9780813213644
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.3"