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A PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH TO SKEPTICAL THEISM
Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Philosophia, 2021 The purpose of the present essay is to present a version of the evidential argument from evil and to propose a ‘skeptical theistic’ response from a phenomenological point of view.
Steven NEMES
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The Problem of Evil, Skeptical Theism and Moral Epistemology
Religions, 2021 This paper argues that skeptical theism isn’t susceptible to criticisms of the view presented in James Sterba’s new book on the logical problem of evil.
Scott M. Coley
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Evil Prevention Requirements and the God of Theism
Religions, 2022 The central argument of James Sterba’s “Is a Good God Logically Possible?” relies crucially on the notion that a good God would have to abide by various evil prevention requirements.
Adam Noel Wood
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THE DE JURE OBJECTION AGAINST BELIEF IN MIRACLES
Manuscrito, 2021 Alvin Plantinga (1993a, 1993b, 2000) argues that de jure objections to theism depend on de facto objections: in order to say that belief in God is not warranted, one should first assume that this belief is false. Assuming Plantinga’s epistemology and his
GESIEL DA SILVA
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Is There a Right to Hope That God Exists? Evil and the Principle of Non-Parity
Religions, 2022 In this paper, I respond to James Sterba’s recent book ‘Is a Good God Logically Possible?’ I show that Sterba concludes that God is not logically possible by ignoring three important issues: (a) the different functions of leeway indeterminism (and the ...
Jacqueline Mariña
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Skeptical Theism and Moral Skepticism [PDF]
Ars Disputandi, 2004 Skeptical theists purport to undermine evidential arguments from evil by appealing to the fact that our knowledge of goods, evils, and their interconnections is significantly limited. Michael J. Almeida and Graham Oppy have recently argued that skeptical theism is unacceptable because it results in a form of moral skepticism which rejects inferences ...
Trakakis, Nick, Nagasawa, Yujin
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In Answer to the Pauline Principle: Consent, Logical Constraints, and Free Will
Religions, 2022 James Sterba uses the Pauline Principle to argue that the occurrence of significant, horrendous evils is logically incompatible with the existence of a good God.
Marilie Coetsee
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Religions, 2022 James Sterba argues that a good God is not logically possible. He argues that what he calls the Pauline Principle, which says that we should never do evil that good may come of it, implies that a good God would prevent horrendous evil consequences of ...
Bruce Russell
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CORNEA under magnifier: an assessment of usability of CORNEA against William Rowe’s evidential argument from gratuitous evil [PDF]
حکمت معاصر, 2018 By introducing evidential argument, William Rowe opened a new chapter in discussions about problem of evil. Rowe’s first formulation of the problem based on the idea that because “it appears” that some evils in the world are gratuitous then they are ...
mohammad ali mirbagheri +2 more
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A New Interpretation of the Theory of Evolution and its Compatibility with Intelligent Design Based on Peter Van Inwagen’s View [PDF]
Comparative Theology, 2018 This study aims to present a new interpretation of the theory of evolution and its compatibility with intelligent design based on special views of Peter van Inwagen.
Farah Ramin, Tayebe Gholami
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