Revisiting the Logical Problem of Evil and Swinburne’s Greater Goods Theodicy
The problem of evil is challenging the belief in the omniscient, omnipotent, and wholly good God. In its logical sense and deductive form, it claims that there are some pointless evils and myriads of life disorderliness with the existence of which God’s existence and his positive attributions are in...
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| description | The problem of evil is challenging the belief in the omniscient, omnipotent, and wholly good God. In its logical sense and deductive form, it claims that there are some pointless evils and myriads of life disorderliness with the existence of which God’s existence and his positive attributions are inconsistent. Needless to say, the reliability of this argument is based on the trueness or at least probable trueness of the concrete statement. Nevertheless, some philosophers like Swinburne have tried to deny the statement by the answers such as Greater goods theodicy. This article tries to look closely at atheists' logical argument and their alleged concrete statements, and then examine the Swinburne’s defense and its difficulties. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e46666bee2de4e4e8ea995c01b963b362024-03-06T08:03:02ZfasImam Sadiq Universityپژوهشنامه فلسفه دین2228-65782228-65862015-04-0113114916410.30497/prr.2015.16381638Revisiting the Logical Problem of Evil and Swinburne’s Greater Goods TheodicyTavakkol Kouhi Giglou0Javad Danesh1Faculty Member at the Department of Islamic Studies, Islamic Azad University, Ahar Branch, Ahar, IranFaculty Member of Islamic Science and Culture Academy, Qom, IranThe problem of evil is challenging the belief in the omniscient, omnipotent, and wholly good God. In its logical sense and deductive form, it claims that there are some pointless evils and myriads of life disorderliness with the existence of which God’s existence and his positive attributions are inconsistent. Needless to say, the reliability of this argument is based on the trueness or at least probable trueness of the concrete statement. Nevertheless, some philosophers like Swinburne have tried to deny the statement by the answers such as Greater goods theodicy. This article tries to look closely at atheists' logical argument and their alleged concrete statements, and then examine the Swinburne’s defense and its difficulties.https://prrj.isu.ac.ir/article_1638_23895e7e987a2a6abd97d3dc3044cdfe.pdflogical problem of eviladjunctive propositionthe principle of credulitygreater goods |
| spellingShingle | Tavakkol Kouhi Giglou Javad Danesh Revisiting the Logical Problem of Evil and Swinburne’s Greater Goods Theodicy پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین logical problem of evil adjunctive proposition the principle of credulity greater goods |
| title | Revisiting the Logical Problem of Evil and Swinburne’s Greater Goods Theodicy |
| title_full | Revisiting the Logical Problem of Evil and Swinburne’s Greater Goods Theodicy |
| title_fullStr | Revisiting the Logical Problem of Evil and Swinburne’s Greater Goods Theodicy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Revisiting the Logical Problem of Evil and Swinburne’s Greater Goods Theodicy |
| title_short | Revisiting the Logical Problem of Evil and Swinburne’s Greater Goods Theodicy |
| title_sort | revisiting the logical problem of evil and swinburne s greater goods theodicy |
| topic | logical problem of evil adjunctive proposition the principle of credulity greater goods |
| url | https://prrj.isu.ac.ir/article_1638_23895e7e987a2a6abd97d3dc3044cdfe.pdf |
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