THE public discourse on climate change has long centred around hope-based narratives
pushed by both the media and mainstream environmentalist agents from Greenpeace and …

Academic encouragement provides opportunities for individuals to achieve their educational
objectives and influences both academic satisfaction and academic self-efficacy of …

Recent research has drawn attention to the prevalence of self-reported autism within online
communities of involuntary celibates (incels). These studies suggest that some individuals …

There is a growing consensus in epistemology that groups are genuine epistemic agents in
the sense that, as far as epistemology is concerned, groups are more than the sum of their …

I examine the relationship between taking Pascal's wager, faith, and hope. First, I argue that
many who take Pascal's wager have genuine faith that God exists. The person of faith and …

Drawing on recent work in psychology, I argue that there are not one but several distinct
virtues pertaining to willpower or strength of will:(1) the disposition to exercise willpower;(2) …

Philosophers and psychologists sometimes categorize emotions like surprise and curiosity
as specifically epistemic. Is there some reasonably unified and interesting class of emotions …

Pursuing difficult long-term goals typically involves encountering substantial evidence of
possible future failure. If decisions to pursue such goals are serious only if one believes that …

Hva er egentlig håp? Hva gjør vi egentlig når vi håper på noe? Den internasjonalt
anerkjente filosofen Lars Fr. H. Svendsen vender denne gangen blikket mot håpet-og det er …

The distinction between propositional and doxastic justification is normally applied to belief.
The goal of this chapter is to apply the distinction to faith and hope. Before doing so, I …