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Ayer defines a "rational" belief as a belief that
{ 1 } - is arrived at by the methods that we now consider reliable.
{ 2 } - accords with an absolute standard of rationality that is self-evident to the human mind.
{ 3 } - accords with God's will.
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Ayer defines a "rational" belief as a belief that
{ 1 } - is arrived at by the methods that we now consider reliable.
{ 2 } - accords with an absolute standard of rationality that is self-evident to the human mind.
{ 3 } - accords with God's will.
These are the methods of contemporary science. We trust them because they have been so successful in practice.
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Ayer defines a "rational" belief as a belief that
{ 1 } - is arrived at by the methods that we now consider reliable.
{ 2 } - accords with an absolute standard of rationality that is self-evident to the human mind.
{ 3 } - accords with God's will.
Ayer rejects this.
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Ayer defines a "rational" belief as a belief that
{ 1 } - is arrived at by the methods that we now consider reliable.
{ 2 } - accords with an absolute standard of rationality that is self-evident to the human mind.
{ 3 } - accords with God's will.
Ayer rejects this.
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