The Falsification Challenge

Not too many years ago Antony Flew voiced a challenge. His challenge was directed to religious believers and it was this: ‘What would have to occur or to have occurred to constitute for you a disproof of the love of, or of the existence of, God?' It was Flew's implicit argument that unless...

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Auteur principal: Kellenberger, James 1938- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cambridge Univ. Press [1969]
Dans: Religious studies
Année: 1969, Volume: 5, Numéro: 1, Pages: 69-76
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Verlag)
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Résumé:Not too many years ago Antony Flew voiced a challenge. His challenge was directed to religious believers and it was this: ‘What would have to occur or to have occurred to constitute for you a disproof of the love of, or of the existence of, God?' It was Flew's implicit argument that unless such a challenge could be met an utterance like ‘There is a God' in fact denied nothing and so asserted nothing either (since the meaning of an assertion is the negation of its denial). One great merit of Flew's challenge was that it crystallised a malaise felt by many into a hard, pointed question. As a challenge this question elicited two basic reactions.
ISSN:1469-901X
Référence:Kritik in "The Falsification Response (1969)"
Kritik in "The Falsification Challenge (1969)"
Contient:Enthalten in: Religious studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0034412500003966