An atheistic argument from ugliness
The theistic argument from beauty has what we call an ‘evil twin’, the argument from ugliness. The argument yields either what we call ‘atheist win’, or, when faced with aesthetic theodicies, ‘agnostic tie’ with the argument from beauty.
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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
[2015]
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In: |
European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 209-217 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Beauty
/ Ugliness
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
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Summary: | The theistic argument from beauty has what we call an ‘evil twin’, the argument from ugliness. The argument yields either what we call ‘atheist win’, or, when faced with aesthetic theodicies, ‘agnostic tie’ with the argument from beauty. |
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Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v7i1.139 |