Describe how a sceptical problem arises in connection with one of the areas of thought we have studied. Then discuss one or more responses to the problem. Religious belief and the sceptical responses Although dismissed by many philosophers as nonsensical and irrelevant, religious beliefs are still held by over half of the world’s population and therefore the subject must be valid as an area of intellectual discussion. This particular area of thought gives rise …showed first 75 words of 2096 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2096 total…person to accept knowledge in this way is foolhardy and that the very possibility of belief in such a deity can only be accepted by those willing to discard their faculties of reason. Bibliography 1) D.Z. Philips - Introducing Philosophy 2) Bertrand Russell – History of Western Philosophy 3) Rene Descartes – Discourse on method and the Meditations 4) Korner – Fundamental questions of Philosophy 5) Lotze – Outlines of the Philosophy of Religion 6) Nielsen – Reason and Practice, a modern introduction to philosophy