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An Agreeable Answer to a Pro-Theism/Anti-Theism Question [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This chapter addresses some difficulties that stand in the way of reaching an answer that will be agreeable across the theist/atheist divide to a particular pro-theism/anti-theism question, the question on ‘the’ comparative pro-theism/anti-theism. The comparative pro-theism/anti-theism question is difficult to state in a way that will be acceptable to ...
Mawson, TJ, Kraay, K
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Skeptical Theism, Pro-theism, and Anti-theism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
In this chapter, I consider personal and impersonal anti-theism and personal and impersonal pro-theism. I show that skeptical theism undermines arguments for personal anti-theism and impersonal anti-theism. Next, I show that (at least some) arguments for
Hendricks, Perry, Perry Hendricks
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The Limits of Skeptical Theism [PDF]

open access: yesErgo, An Open Access Journal of Philosophy
Skeptical theists contend that human cognitive limitations undermine atheistic arguments from evil. One recent challenge to skeptical theism has been posed by Climenhaga (2025), who argues that if we should—as some skeptical theists argue—be agnostic ...
Slater Simek
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An Evaluation of Skeptical Theism

open access: yesSvensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 2013
One of the most influential and frequently addressed responses to the evidential argument from Evil and divine hiddenness is advocated by so called skeptical theists, who claim that we are cognitively ill-equipped to know Gods reasons for permitting ...
Francis Jonsson
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The Theoretical Virtues of Theism

open access: yesPhilosophies, 2023
In this article, I seek to assess the extent to which a ‘trope-theoretic’ version of Theism is a better theory than that of a theory of Atheism, as posited by Graham Oppy.
Joshua R. Sijuwade
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The Paradox of the Idea of Intuitive Theism and the Fact of Numerous Atheists; A Research in the Cognitive Sciences of Religion [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2021
In the cognitive science of religion, some, after conducting or examining experiments, believe that all human beings are "intuitive theists" or "Born Believers" and believe in "natural Religion." According to these thinkers, our three basic cognitive ...
Naeimeh Pourmohammadi   +1 more
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Salafism in thought of Alusi and Rashid Rida By emphasizeing on the discuss of Theism [PDF]

open access: yesPizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2018
The Basis of Salafist school has established on Special approach of various aspects of the Theism. In this paper by the interpretive approach to the issue of Theism in Perspective of Alusi and Rashid Rida has evaluated the amount of their commitment to ...
Hamid Imandar   +1 more
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Skeptical Theism and Cognitive limitations of Humanity [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Philosophical Investigations, 2020
“Parent analogy” is one of the important arguments that was suggested by Stephen Wykstra, one of the prominent philosopher of Skeptical Theism. By formulating this argument, Wykstra shows that like infant who doesn’t understand reasons of her parent who ...
Fatemeا Saeedi   +2 more
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The Problem of Arbitrary Creation for Impassibility

open access: yesOpen Theology, 2020
There is a particular question that has plagued classical Christian theism over the centuries. What reason could God have for creating a universe? In this article, I shall articulate the unique claims of classical theism that other rival models of God ...
Mullins R. T.
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Simulation Hypothesis and Theism: An Assessment in the Context of Multiverse

open access: yesEskiyeni, 2023
Today, when plots, buildings and items in virtual universes are put up for sale, the question of whether the universes inhabited by real individuals can be produced is being debated.
Aykut Alper Yılmaz
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