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Human Sovereignty and the Logical Problem of Evil [PDF]
Religions, 2022 In this paper, I provide a defence of theism against James Sterba’s version of the logical problem of evil, at least where the focus is on moral evil (I do not have much to say about natural evil in this paper).
Daniel Molto
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The Problem of Evil Remains Logically Binding [PDF]
Religions, 2021 Most contemporary discussions of the problem of evil assume that “logical” formulations of the problem are untenable, and that we should operate with “evidential” formulations instead. I argue that this consensus is founded on a mistake and that there is
Toby Betenson
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The Thomistic Dissolution of the Logical Problem of Evil [PDF]
Religions, 2021 In his book ‘Is a Good God Logically Possible?’, James Sterba argues that the existence of much of the evil to be found in the world is logically incompatible with the existence of God.
Edward Feser
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Plantinga and the Logical Problem of Evil [PDF]
حکمت و فلسفه, 2007 The "logical problem of evil" is one kind of the "problem of evil." It is claimed that there is a logical inconsistency between belief in the existence of an omniscient, omnipotent, and wholly good God and belief in the existence of evil. Alvin Plantinga
hasan miandari
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Mawlavi and Logical problem of Evil [PDF]
Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī, 2008 Thinkers justified the problem of evil in two kinds: 1- As logical problem of evil 2- As evidential problem of evil. In former type , the chief question is the controversy between evil and religious propositions and based on incompatiblist view , while ...
ghasem purhasan
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Isaac Qatraya and the Logical Problem of Evil
Religions, 2022 Sterba has recently produced a searching and significant version of the argument from evil. Here, I set out aspects of the view of God, suffering, and the afterlife articulated by Isaac Qatraya (also known as Isaac of Nineveh and Isaac the Syrian), and ...
James Henry Collin
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An Analysis of Avicenna's View on the Attributes of God: Investigating the Logical Problem of Evil [PDF]
پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2022 The problem of evil has been a challenging issue throughout the history of religious and philosophical thought. In the past, thinkers would rely on evil to undermine divine omnipotence, wisdom, and justice.
Saide Sadat Nabavi
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Psalm 89 and the logical problem of evil: A comparative-philosophical perspective [PDF]
Old Testament Essays, 2021 This study takes as its starting point the consensus in research on the relationship between divine attributes and suffering in Psalm 89 which holds that some of the beliefs expressed in verses 39–52 contradict those in 1–38(53). In an attempt to address
Jaco Gericke
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Causal Connections, Logical Connections, and Skeptical Theism: There Is No Logical Problem of Evil
Religions, 2022 In this paper, I consider Sterba’s recent criticism of skeptical theism in context of his argument from evil. I show that Sterba’s criticism of skeptical theism shares an undesirable trait with all past criticisms of skeptical theism: it fails.
Perry Hendricks
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The New Logical Problem of Evil and Free Will Defense [PDF]
پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2017 The argument based on the existence of evil in the world, as an atheistic argument against the existence of God, has two versions: logical and evidential.
Fatemeh Namavar +2 more
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