Conflict, Belief Systems and Philosophy
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چکیده
Some of the world’s violent conflicts are mainly economic, territorial or tribal. But many seem to come, at least in part, from conflicts between the belief systems of different groups. How far do these differences have to be accepted as a brute fact, and how far is it possible to transcend them? How far is fruitful dialogue possible between members of conflicting national or religious groups who hold sharply different beliefs about the history of their conflict? How far can we reason with each other about the deepest differences of religious or political belief? To what extent can any set of beliefs claim to be well supported?
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