A Refutation of Skeptical Theism

被引:4
作者
Johnson, David Kyle [1 ]
机构
[1] Kings Coll, Dept Philosophy, Wilkes Barre, PA 18711 USA
关键词
Skeptical theism; Atheism; Rowe; Wykstra; Problem of evil; Evidential problem of evil; Howard-Snyder; Bergmann; Trakakis; Bayes' theorem; EVIDENTIAL ARGUMENT; EVIL;
D O I
10.1007/s11841-012-0326-0
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
Skeptical theists argue that no seemingly unjustified evil (SUE) could ever lower the probability of God's existence at all. Why? Because God might have justifying reasons for allowing such evils (JuffREs) that are undetectable. However, skeptical theists are unclear regarding whether or not God's existence is relevant to the existence of JuffREs, and whether or not God's existence is relevant to their detectability. But I will argue that, no matter how the skeptical theist answers these questions, it is undeniable that the skeptical theist is wrong; SUEs lower the probability of God's existence. To establish this, I will consider the four scenarios regarding the relevance of God's existence to the existence and detectability of JuffREs, and show that in each-after we establish our initial probabilities, and then update them given the evidence of a SUE-the probability of God's existence drops.
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页数:21
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