University of Tehran Press Philosophy of Religion 2008-7063 16 1 2019 03 21 Assessing the Verifiability of Religious Propositions Based on Classic Foundationalism Assessing the Verifiability of Religious Propositions Based on Classic Foundationalism 51 73 71344 10.22059/jpht.2019.238783.1005488 FA Yahya Kabir Associate Professor, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran Muhammad Tajik PhD Student, International Institute for Islamic Studies, Qom Seminary, Qom, Iran Journal Article 2017 07 29 Undoubtedly, one of the main discussions of the philosophy of religion is the verifiability of religious propositions. This discussion regards the possibility of proving religious propositions based on rational foundations so as to satisfy the human’s truth-seeker essence. Some challengers are rationalists who seemingly intend to wipe out the faith under the guise of the value of reason, with others being fideists who deem religion to be beyond the level and position of reason, and still others being positivists who set empiricality as the criterion for the meaningfulness of a proposition. On the contrary, some scholars adopt the common-good concerns, classic foundationalism, or reformed epistemology as the basis of their epistemic views to prove religious propositions. Ascertaining the particular sense is a valuable possession, and all foregoing groups argue for the possibility or impossibility of attaining it, and consequently, claim for the verifiability or non-verifiability of religious propositions. Out of the abovementioned methods, the proponents of foundationalism or the classic method claim they offer this ultimate end. The study at hand examines the claims of each of these stances and the criticisms against them, and tries to show that the realization of such an epistemology in a priori religious propositions is not only possible, but also realistic and already fulfilled. Undoubtedly, one of the main discussions of the philosophy of religion is the verifiability of religious propositions. This discussion regards the possibility of proving religious propositions based on rational foundations so as to satisfy the human’s truth-seeker essence. Some challengers are rationalists who seemingly intend to wipe out the faith under the guise of the value of reason, with others being fideists who deem religion to be beyond the level and position of reason, and still others being positivists who set empiricality as the criterion for the meaningfulness of a proposition. On the contrary, some scholars adopt the common-good concerns, classic foundationalism, or reformed epistemology as the basis of their epistemic views to prove religious propositions. Ascertaining the particular sense is a valuable possession, and all foregoing groups argue for the possibility or impossibility of attaining it, and consequently, claim for the verifiability or non-verifiability of religious propositions. Out of the abovementioned methods, the proponents of foundationalism or the classic method claim they offer this ultimate end. The study at hand examines the claims of each of these stances and the criticisms against them, and tries to show that the realization of such an epistemology in a priori religious propositions is not only possible, but also realistic and already fulfilled. https://jpht.ut.ac.ir/article_71344_872a0ab7db28f9cfb471b06f348efd55.pdf