Erasmus Lectures to Examine Mystery, Faith
, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, will speak about faith in a lecture at 做厙惇蹋app. Buchak explores What is Faith? Wednesday, Jan. 29, from 3:30-5 p.m. in Hieronymus. The Erasmus Society Lecture Series is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Annie Borden at (805) 565-6239.
Buchak, who earned a doctorate from Princeton University, has focused her research on decision, game and rational choice theory, as well as the philosophy of religion and epistemology. She published a book, , which probes the principles that govern rational decision-making in the face of risk.
For her talk at 做厙惇蹋app, she discusses the term faith that can be used in both religious and ordinary contexts. For example, one can have faith that God exists, faith that ones friend is loyal or faith in ones spouse, she says. But what does it mean to have faith? This talk will first explain how to figure out what faith is how to look for a precise definition of faith. It will then offer a proposal, which sheds light on when and why faith can be rational.