Response to Wunder: objective probability, non-contingent theism, and the EAAN

This article is a response to Tyler Wunder's ‘The modality of theism and probabilistic natural theology: a tension in Alvin Plantinga's philosophy’ (this journal). In his article, Wunder argues that if the proponent of the Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism (EAAN) holds theism to be...

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Main Author: Hendricks, Perry (Author)
Contributors: Wunder, Tyler Andrew (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2020]
In: Religious studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 292-296
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
FD Contextual theology
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Summary:This article is a response to Tyler Wunder's ‘The modality of theism and probabilistic natural theology: a tension in Alvin Plantinga's philosophy’ (this journal). In his article, Wunder argues that if the proponent of the Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism (EAAN) holds theism to be non-contingent and frames the argument in terms of objective probability, then the EAAN is either unsound or theism is necessarily false. I argue that a modest revision of the EAAN renders Wunder's objection irrelevant, and that this revision actually widens the scope of the argument.
ISSN:1469-901X
Reference:Kritik von "The modality of theism and probabilistic natural theology (2015)"
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0034412518000306