A Note on Johnson’s ‘A Refutation of Skeptical Theism’

In a recent article, David Kyle Johnson has claimed to have provided a ‘refutation’ of skeptical theism. Johnson’s refutation raises several interesting issues. But in this note, I focus on only one—an implicit principle Johnson uses in his refutation to update probabilities after receiving new evid...

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Published in:Sophia
Main Author: Perrine, Timothy (Author)
Contributors: Johnson, David Kyle (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands [2015]
In: Sophia
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Conditional probabilities
B Bayes’ theorem
B Skeptical theism
B David Kyle Johnson
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Summary:In a recent article, David Kyle Johnson has claimed to have provided a ‘refutation’ of skeptical theism. Johnson’s refutation raises several interesting issues. But in this note, I focus on only one—an implicit principle Johnson uses in his refutation to update probabilities after receiving new evidence. I argue that this principle is false. Consequently, Johnson’s refutation, as it currently stands, is undermined.
ISSN:1873-930X
Reference:Kritik in "Skeptical Theism Remains Refuted (2017)"
Contains:Enthalten in: Sophia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11841-014-0437-x