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External‐World Skepticism and the New Ethics of Belief
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT External‐world skepticism challenges, among other things, the epistemic credentials of beliefs about other people. Some external‐world skeptics deny that I know my loved ones exist; some claim that my belief that my loved ones exist is epistemically impermissible. However, abandoning this belief would be highly unattractive.
James Fritz
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OPEN THEISM AND RISK MANAGEMENT: A PHILOSOPHICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Zygon, 2021 Open theism denies that God has definite exhaustive foreknowledge, and affirms that God takes certain risks when creating the universe. Critics of open theism often complain that the risks are too high.
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American Philosophical Quarterly, 2021 Abstract Anti-theists argue that the world, or our lives, would be overall worse if God exists because God’s existence imposes distinctive downsides. Many hold, however, that anti-theism is incoherent if we assume that God would not permit gratuitous evil to occur.
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Non‐Naturalist Realism and Quietist Constructivism
Ratio, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Metaethical quietists propose views that share all the features of robust non‐naturalist realism, such as a commitment to cognitivism and irreducibly normative truths, except robust realist non‐naturalists' commitment to non‐natural properties.
Rach Cosker‐Rowland
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An epigrammatic analysis on open theism and its impact on classical Christianity
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013 Open theism is a theological position taken by a number of scholars and deals with human free will and its relationship to God, including the nature of the future. This brief article explores this relationship and challenges the tenets of open theism by
Mark Pretorius
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Classical Theism, Interpersonal Relations, and the Receptivity of God
ReligionsA central tenet of classical theism is that God is Pure Act. Among other things, this indicates that while God can act on creatures, he cannot be acted on by those creatures, for there is no receptivity in God.
James Kintz
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No History Without a Method: Anticipation and Other Bad Contexts
Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper argues for the centrality of methodological awareness in writing the history of philosophy. It does this by analysing and comparing different interpretive proposals presented by those engaged with past philosophical texts. Taking the literature on Thomas Hobbes from past and present century as an example, it shows the merits of ...
Ieva Höhne
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Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 77, Issue 7, Page 891-906, July 2026.Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto +3 more
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Theism and Contrastive Explanation [PDF]
European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2017 I argue that there could not be grounds on which to introduce God into our ontology. My argument presupposes two doctrines. First, we should allow into our ontology only what figures in the best explanation of an event or fact. Second, explanation is contrastive by nature, in that the explanandum always consists in a contrast between a fact and a foil.
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Agnosticism, Skeptical Theism, and Moral Obligation [PDF]
, 2014 Skeptical theism combines theism with skepticism about our capacity to discern God’s morally sufficient reasons for permitting evil. Proponents have claimed that skeptical theism defeats the evidential argument from evil.
Maitzen, Stephen, Stephen Maitzen
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