Skeptheism: is knowldge of God's existence possible?
In this paper, I sketch an argument for the view that we cannot know (or have good reasons to believe) that God exists. Some call this view strong agnosticism but I prefer the term skeptheism in order to clearly distinguish between two distinct epistemic attitudes with respect to the existence o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2017]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-64 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Agnosticism
/ Scepticism
/ Existence of God
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | In this paper, I sketch an argument for the view that we cannot know (or have good reasons to believe) that God exists. Some call this view strong agnosticism but I prefer the term skeptheism in order to clearly distinguish between two distinct epistemic attitudes with respect to the existence of God, namely, agnosticism and skepticism. For the skeptheist, we cannot know (or have good reasons to believe) that God exists, since there can be neither conceptual (a priori) nor empirical (a posteriori) evidence for the existence of God. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v9i1.1864 |