Faith in Kant

Abstract

Trusting someone seems to require holding true that they can be relied upon, often in the absence of positive evidence that they are reliable. Can such holding true be reasonable? Kant claims that it can be reasonable to hold things true on practical, rather than evidential grounds. He thus provides a basis for claiming that it can be reasonable to hold true that someone can be relied upon in the absence of positive evidence of reliability. This chapter explains and defends Kant’s claim that there can be practical grounds for holding things true, and indicates how that claim might underwrite the reasonableness of trust.

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