Hardening Their Hearts: Intentional Hiddenness Argument
The argument from Divine Hiddenness[1] put forth by J.L. Schellenberg argues that if a perfectly loving God exists, then all creatures (who haven’t freely shut themselves off from God) capable of having a meaningful relationship with God ought to be able to by just attempting to. In order to have a meaningful relationship with God, … Hardening Their Hearts: Intentional Hiddenness Argument
Ryan Stringer’s “Evil and Skeptical Theism”
The following was just published in the Secular Web’s Modern Library: “Evil and Skeptical Theism” by Ryan Stringer Abstract: In this paper I critique a response to atheistic arguments from evil that has been called “skeptical theism.” I start by formulating a simple atheistic argument from evil and briefly justifying its two premises. Then I … Ryan Stringer’s “Evil and Skeptical Theism”
“Alvin Plantinga on Paul Draper’s evolutionary atheology: implications of theism’s noncontingency” (DOI) 10.1007/s11153-012-9361-6
My article with the above name will appear in an upcoming issue of The International Journal of Philosophy of Religion, and has just been made available online to anyone with access to an institution with a SpringerLink license. Here is the abstract taken from SpringerLink (http://www.springerlink.com/content/237w067637655738/): In his recently published Where the Conflict Really Lies: … “Alvin Plantinga on Paul Draper’s evolutionary atheology: implications of theism’s noncontingency” (DOI) 10.1007/s11153-012-9361-6
Basic Structure of My Evidential Arguments
Epistemic Interpretation of ProbabilityIn this article series, when I refer to probability I shall be adopting the epistemic interpretation of probability. The epistemic probability of a statement is a measure of the probability that a statement is true, given some stock of knowledge. In other words, epistemic probability measures a person’s degree of belief in … Basic Structure of My Evidential Arguments
Index: Evidential Arguments for Naturalism
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The Evidential Argument from the History of Science (AHS)
Informal Statement of the Argument If there is a single theme unifying the history of science, it is that naturalistic explanations work. The history of science contains numerous examples of naturalistic explanations replacing supernatural ones and no examples of supernatural explanations replacing naturalistic ones. Indeed, naturalistic explanations have been so successful that even most scientific … The Evidential Argument from the History of Science (AHS)
The Evidential Argument from Physical Minds (APM)
Last edited: 13-Jun-12 8:20PM PDT Informal Statement of the Argument Scientific evidence shows that human consciousness and personality are highly dependent upon the brain. In this context, nothing mental happens without something physical happening. That strongly implies that the mind cannot exist independently of physical arrangements of matter. In other words, we do not have … The Evidential Argument from Physical Minds (APM)
Argument from Self-Centeredness and Limited Altruism of Human Beings
This post was inspired by the writings of Paul Draper. If you like the argument, the credit should go to Draper. Any problems with the formulation below, however, are probably due to an error on my part. Informal Statement of the Argument Humans are effectively self-centered; our tendency to behave in self-centered ways is usually … Argument from Self-Centeredness and Limited Altruism of Human Beings
Stenger on Zero Total Energy as Evidence for Atheism
I do not have a physics background, so I am posting this in case someone who does can clarify this for me. In his book, God: The Failed Hypothesis, physicist Victor Stenger argues that the fact that the universe began from a state of zero energy is evidence for God’s nonexistence. On page 116, he … Stenger on Zero Total Energy as Evidence for Atheism
The Argument from the Flourishing and Languishing of Sentient Beings (AFL)
This post was inspired by the writings of Paul Draper. If you like the argument, the credit should go to Draper. Any problems with the formulation below, however, are probably due to an error on my part. Informal Statement of the Argument Only a fraction of living things, including the majority of sentient beings, thrive. … The Argument from the Flourishing and Languishing of Sentient Beings (AFL)