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.
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Kabir, Y., & Tajik, M. (2019). Assessing the Verifiability of Religious Propositions Based on Classic Foundationalism. Philosophy of Religion, 16(1), 51-73. doi: 10.22059/jpht.2019.238783.1005488
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Yahya Kabir; Muhammad Tajik. "Assessing the Verifiability of Religious Propositions Based on Classic Foundationalism", Philosophy of Religion, 16, 1, 2019, 51-73. doi: 10.22059/jpht.2019.238783.1005488
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Kabir, Y., Tajik, M. (2019). 'Assessing the Verifiability of Religious Propositions Based on Classic Foundationalism', Philosophy of Religion, 16(1), pp. 51-73. doi: 10.22059/jpht.2019.238783.1005488
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Kabir, Y., Tajik, M. Assessing the Verifiability of Religious Propositions Based on Classic Foundationalism. Philosophy of Religion, 2019; 16(1): 51-73. doi: 10.22059/jpht.2019.238783.1005488