Abductive Reasoning and an Omnipotent God: A Response to Daniel Came

Daniel Came (2017) boldly argues that given certain assumptions, no omnipotent being can even in principle be the best explanation for some contingent state of affairs S. In this paper, I argue that (i) even given Came's assumptions, his argument rests crucially on a non sequitur, that (ii) he...

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Main Author: Yousif, Alex (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham [2017]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 239-244
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Came, Daniel / Omnipotence / Proof of God's existence
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
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