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Infallible Divine Foreknowledge cannot Uniquely Threaten Human Freedom, but its Mechanics Might [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
It is not uncommon to think that the existence of exhaustive and infallible divine foreknowledge uniquely threatens the existence of human freedom. This paper shows that this cannot be so.
Byerly, T. Ryan
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Premortalism and the Problem of Involuntary Suffering

open access: yesThe Heythrop Journal, Volume 65, Issue 6, Page 629-644, November 2024.
Abstract In a recent article, James Spiegel has suggested ways in which premortalism may bolster the free will defence in response to the logical problem of evil. Building on his presentation, this present article further reinforces the premortalist free will defence whilst also critiquing similarly related defences (such as the necessity of nomic ...
Andrew Hronich
wiley   +1 more source

Fatalizm logiczny i teologiczny a przedwiedza Boża. Krytyka argumentu antyredukcyjnego Lindy Zagzebski [ Fatalism logical and teological and God’s foreknowledge. Discussion with Linda Zagzebski’s anti-reductive argument] [PDF]

open access: yesAnaliza i Egzystencja, 2014
The article presents arguments for theological and logical fatalism and analyzes the view that the theological fatalism can be reduced to or transformed into the logical one.
Dariusz Lukasiewicz
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Responding to the Religious Reasons of Others: Resonance and Non-Reducitve Religious Pluralism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Call a belief ”non-negotiable’ if one cannot abandon the belief without the abandonment of one’s religious perspective. Although non-negotiable beliefs can logically exclude other perspectives, a non-reductive approach to religious pluralism can help to ...
Legenhausen, Muhammad
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Experts—Part II: The Sources of Epistemic Authority

open access: yesPhilosophy Compass, Volume 19, Issue 9-10, October 2024.
Abstract This paper investigates the topic of epistemic authority from the perspective of the ordinary people facing expert testimony. In particular, two central questions are discussed: how one should respond to expert testimony; and what should one do before expert disagreement.
Michel Croce, Maria Baghramian
wiley   +1 more source

On the Interpretation of Scripture

open access: yesPerichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University
This article focuses on examining a particular method of Biblical Interpretation. This specific method is that of the Patristic Method of Biblical Interpretation, proposed by Richard Swinburne. The Patristic Method faces a specific issue, ‘the Authority’
Sijuwade Joshua
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Normative Case Studies, Reflective Equilibrium, and the Ethics of Belief in Teacher Education

open access: yesEducational Theory, Volume 74, Issue 3, Page 340-349, June 2024.
Abstract Education professionals, such as teachers, policymakers, and school leaders, come to ethical deliberation with diverse views based not only on their different role obligations but also on different epistemic and moral norms. In this paper Daniella Forster argues that mental normativity — the ethics of belief — has professional implications ...
Daniella J. Forster
wiley   +1 more source

Consensus, controversy, and chaos in the attribution of characteristics to the morally exceptional

open access: yesJournal of Personality, Volume 92, Issue 3, Page 715-734, June 2024.
Abstract Objective What do people see as distinguishing the morally exceptional from others? To handle the problem that people may disagree about who qualifies as morally exceptional, we asked subjects to select and rate their own examples of morally exceptional, morally average, and immoral people.
William Fleeson   +6 more
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Epistemic Egoism and the Protestant Uses of Tradition

open access: yesTheoLogica
Although ecumenical dialogue has highlighted many commonalities between Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox, many issues still remain contentious.
Erkki Vesa Rope Kojonen
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Gettier and the a priori

open access: yesRatio, Volume 37, Issue 2-3, Page 93-101, June-September 2024.
Abstract In 1967, Alvin Goldman prominently claimed that the traditional JTB analysis is adequate for non‐empirical knowledge. Since then, this claim has remained widely unchallenged. In this paper, I show that this claim is false. I provide two examples in which a true belief is a priori justified but epistemically defective such that it does not ...
Philipp Berghofer
wiley   +1 more source

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