Philosophy A-Level
Trust and commitment
What Trust and commitment means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Trust and commitment
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Reference: AQA
Trusting a person despite contrary evidence, where the believer's commitment is provisional and held against appearances rather than abandoned.
Topics that use Trust and commitment
- Religious language (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Cognitivism
- Contrast between verification and falsification
- Fact-stating versus expressive accounts
- Falsification principle
- Non-cognitivism
- Parable of the Partisan
- Provisional belief versus unfalsifiable blik
- The verification principle
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