Sceptical Agnosticism
Agnostics as well as theists should answer evidential arguments from evil, at least when confronted with them. In this paper, I answer such an argument by appealing to sceptical agnosticism. A sceptical agnostic is not only undecided about the existence of a perfectly good and omnipotent God, but al...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2023, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-43 |
Further subjects: | B
sceptical theism
B omni-God B sceptical agnosticism B global scepticism B The problem of evil |
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Summary: | Agnostics as well as theists should answer evidential arguments from evil, at least when confronted with them. In this paper, I answer such an argument by appealing to sceptical agnosticism. A sceptical agnostic is not only undecided about the existence of a perfectly good and omnipotent God, but also believes that we cannot make any judgement about whether or not seemingly gratuitous evil probably is gratuitous. I argue that such agnosticism has several advantages compared with sceptical theism. |
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ISSN: | 2210-5700 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for the study of skepticism
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22105700-bja10026 |