Paying the cost of skeptical theism
In this paper I show that two arguments for the inconsistency of skeptical theism fail. After setting up the debate in “Introduction” section, I show in “The initial debate” section why Mylan Engel’s argument (Engel 2004) against skeptical theism does not succeed. In “COST” section I strengthen the...
Publié dans: | International journal for philosophy of religion |
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2011
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Année: 2011, Volume: 69, Numéro: 1, Pages: 45-56 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
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B epistemic closure B Counterfactuals B Evidential atheism B problem of evil B Skeptical theism |
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Résumé: | In this paper I show that two arguments for the inconsistency of skeptical theism fail. After setting up the debate in “Introduction” section, I show in “The initial debate” section why Mylan Engel’s argument (Engel 2004) against skeptical theism does not succeed. In “COST” section I strengthen the argument so that it both avoids my reply to Engel and parallels Jon Laraudogoitia’s argument against skeptical theism (Laraudogoitia 2000). In “COST*” section, I provide three replies—one by an evidentialist theist, one by a closure-denying theist, and one by a necessitarian theist, and argue that the necessitarian’s reply successfully rebuts the inconsistency charge. I conclude that skeptical theism which accepts God’s necessary existence is immune to both kinds of arguments for its inconsistency. |
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ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
Référence: | Errata "Erratum to: Paying the cost of skeptical theism (2011)"
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Contient: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-010-9235-8 |