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Philosophy Compass, 2010
Abstract Most a posteriori arguments against the existence of God take the following form: If God exists, the world would not be like
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Abstract Most a posteriori arguments against the existence of God take the following form: If God exists, the world would not be like
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Skeptical Theism and the Problem of Moral Skepticism
Philosophia Christi, 2022One objection to skeptical theism is that it implies radical moral skepticism. Humans cannot make any moral judgments on this view because of their ignorance of the inaccessible divine knowledge that is called upon to explain the existence of apparently gratuitous evil.
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Skeptical Theism, Fideism, and Pyrrhonian Skepticism [PDF]
Bollettino della società filosofica italianaIs skeptical theism tenable once one acknowledges, as proponents of that view do, one's cognitive limitations vis-à-vis religious matters? In this article, I aim to answer that question both by examining the apparent radical skeptical implications of the
Machuca, Diego E.
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2021
Abstract This chapter critically examines skeptical theism, roughly the point of view that God exists but that God’s reasons for permitting evils are beyond our abilities to discern. Matters addressed include the epistemic import of appearances of pointlessness, the skeptical theses and analogies for the human condition with respect to ...
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Abstract This chapter critically examines skeptical theism, roughly the point of view that God exists but that God’s reasons for permitting evils are beyond our abilities to discern. Matters addressed include the epistemic import of appearances of pointlessness, the skeptical theses and analogies for the human condition with respect to ...
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Skeptical Theism, Moral Skepticism, and Divine Commands
International Journal for the Study of Skepticism, 2013Over the last twenty-five years skeptical theism has become one of the leading contemporary responses to the atheological argument from evil. However, more recently, some critics of skeptical theism have argued that the skeptical theists are in fact unwittingly committed to a malignant form of moral skepticism.
Scott Aikin, Brian Ribeiro
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A Refutation of Skeptical Theism
Sophia, 2012Skeptical theists argue that no seemingly unjustified evil (SUE) could ever lower the probability of God's existence at all. Why? Because God might have justifying reasons for allowing such evils (JuffREs) that are undetectable. However, skeptical theists are unclear regarding whether or not God's existence is relevant to the existence of JuffREs, and ...
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The Nature of Skeptical Theism
Philosophia Christi, 2019Skeptical theism is a popular response to arguments from evil. Recently, Matthew A. Benton, John Hawthorne, and Yoaav Isaacs have argued that the theses that ground skeptical theism are either false or limited in scope. In this article, I show that their objections rest on dubious assumptions about the nature of skeptical theism.
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