DOES ATHEISM ENTAIL A CONTRADICTION?
Abstract I consider whether a contradiction may be deducible from the proposition that God does not exist. First, I expose a candidate counterexample to a key premise in Swinburne’s argument against the deducibility of a contradiction from God’s non-existence. Second, I present two new strategies on...
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| description | Abstract I consider whether a contradiction may be deducible from the proposition that God does not exist. First, I expose a candidate counterexample to a key premise in Swinburne’s argument against the deducibility of a contradiction from God’s non-existence. Second, I present two new strategies one might use to deduce a contradiction. Both strategies make use of Tarski's T-schema together with developments in other theistic arguments. One argument is a conceptualist argument from necessary truth for a necessary mind, and the other is a two-stage contingency argument for the same conclusion. The purpose of this article is not to decisively defend these arguments, but to expose new territory relevant to investigating the nature of God's necessity (if God exists). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-332a8f0dee884b308e3d86afa651049b2022-12-22T04:13:26ZengUniversidade Estadual de CampinasManuscrito2317-630X2021-12-01444314810.1590/0100-6045.2021.v44n4.jrDOES ATHEISM ENTAIL A CONTRADICTION?JOSHUA RASMUSSENhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3578-0644Abstract I consider whether a contradiction may be deducible from the proposition that God does not exist. First, I expose a candidate counterexample to a key premise in Swinburne’s argument against the deducibility of a contradiction from God’s non-existence. Second, I present two new strategies one might use to deduce a contradiction. Both strategies make use of Tarski's T-schema together with developments in other theistic arguments. One argument is a conceptualist argument from necessary truth for a necessary mind, and the other is a two-stage contingency argument for the same conclusion. The purpose of this article is not to decisively defend these arguments, but to expose new territory relevant to investigating the nature of God's necessity (if God exists).http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452021000400031&tlng=enNecessary existenceOntological argumentGod's necessityPerfect being theologyNatural theology |
| spellingShingle | JOSHUA RASMUSSEN DOES ATHEISM ENTAIL A CONTRADICTION? Manuscrito Necessary existence Ontological argument God's necessity Perfect being theology Natural theology |
| title | DOES ATHEISM ENTAIL A CONTRADICTION? |
| title_full | DOES ATHEISM ENTAIL A CONTRADICTION? |
| title_fullStr | DOES ATHEISM ENTAIL A CONTRADICTION? |
| title_full_unstemmed | DOES ATHEISM ENTAIL A CONTRADICTION? |
| title_short | DOES ATHEISM ENTAIL A CONTRADICTION? |
| title_sort | does atheism entail a contradiction |
| topic | Necessary existence Ontological argument God's necessity Perfect being theology Natural theology |
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