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    Hope, unlike belief, lacks the propositional commitment r... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Acceptance of theistic hope provides reason to act as if theism were true

    Hope, unlike belief, lacks the propositional commitment required to generate reasons for action directed at truth-tracking outcomes (per Bratman's planning theory of intention).

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    • 1.Bratman's planning theory requires beliefs about means-end relations; hope involves desire without such cognitive commitment.
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    • 2.Hope can persist despite contrary evidence, whereas belief-based intention requires updating plans upon learning falsity.
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    • 3.Hope motivates wishful thinking rather than truth-tracking; it doesn't require the agent to track actual world conditions.
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    • 1.Hope standardly includes evaluative judgment that outcomes are possible and desirable—a propositional commitment sufficient for planning.
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    • 2.Hoping to achieve X requires implicit beliefs about pathways to X; without propositions about means, hope cannot guide rational action.
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    • 3.Agents routinely form intentions based on hope (e.g., hoping to recover from illness generates medical treatment plans), contradicting the claim.
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