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Cosmopsychism and the Problem of Evil [PDF]
Sophia, 2023 AbstractCosmopsychism, the idea that the universe is conscious, is experiencing something of a revival as an explanation of consciousness in philosophy of mind and is also making inroads into philosophy of religion. In the latter field, it has been used to formulate models of certain forms of theism, such as pantheism and panentheism, and has also been
Harvey Cawdron, Cawdron, Harvey
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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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Problem of Evil in Taoism [PDF]
Religious Inquiries, 2016 This paper attempts to present the Taoist understanding of evil. In the Taoist tradition, especially in Tao Te Ching, evil is divided into two categories: causal evil and consequential evil.
Qorban Elmi, Mojtaba Zarvani
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A Moral Criticism of Contemporary Islamic Philosophy's Responses (According to Tabatabai and Motahhari’s Viewpoints) to the Problem of Evil [PDF]
پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2023 There are three accounts of the problem of evil: (1) Logical problem of evil (The logical incompatibility between the existence of God and His attributes and the existence of evil); (2) The evidential problem of evil (Evil as evidence against the ...
Zahra Yahyapour +2 more
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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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Manuscrito, 2021 According to The Evidentialist problem of Evil, the existence of disproportionate, prima facie gratuitous evil and suffering in the world is enough evidence against the existence of the Omnipotent, Perfectly Loving, Omniscient God of Classical Theism.
NICOLA SALVATORE
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Din ve Bilim Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi İslami İlimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 2023 The letter is a communication tool used by many thinkers and scientists. It is generally written to disseminate ideas, criticize, and open discussion. The tradition of philosophizing with letters is a method and a form of philosophical discourse widely ...
Fatma SOMUNCUOĞLU ERKAN
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On James Sterba’s Refutation of Theistic Arguments to Justify Suffering
Religions, 2021 In his recent book Is a Good God Logically Possible? and article by the same name, James Sterba argued that the existence of significant and horrendous evils, both moral and natural, is incompatible with the existence of God.
Bruce R. Reichenbach
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The Pragmatic Problem of Evil [PDF]
, 2021 This paper consists of two parts, namely, “Is the Landscape of the Problem of Evil at an Impasse?” and “A Pragmatic Argument against Reliance in God to Prevent Horrendous Evils.” The first part of this paper completes an analysis of formulations around
Cooper, Matthew James
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Religions, 2023 I argue that James Sterba’s argument from evil involves a category mistake. He applies moral principles that pertain to ethical requirements that apply within creation to what may be called the ethics or axiology of creating and sustaining creation.
Charles Champe Taliaferro
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