, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, will speak about faith in a lecture at 蜜桃传媒. Buchak explores 鈥淲hat is Faith?鈥� 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, 鈥�,鈥� which probes the principles that govern rational decision-making in the face of risk.
For her talk at 蜜桃传媒, she discusses the term 鈥榝aith鈥� that can be used in both religious and ordinary contexts. 鈥淔or example, one can have faith that God exists, faith that one鈥檚 friend is loyal or faith in one鈥檚 spouse,鈥� she says. 鈥淏ut what does it mean to have faith? This talk will first explain how to figure out what faith is 鈥� 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.鈥�