A Humean objection to Plantinga’s Quantitative Free Will Defense

Plantinga’s The Nature of Necessity (1974) contains a largely neglected argument for the claim that the proposition “God is omnipotent, omniscient, and wholly good” is logically consistent with “the vast amount and variety of evil the universe actually contains” (not to be confused with Plantinga’s...

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Main Author: Kraal, Anders (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Nature B. V 2013
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 73, Issue: 3, Pages: 221-233
Further subjects:B David Hume
B Free Will Defense
B Alvin Plantinga
B problem of evil
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