The Skepticism of Skeptical Theism
Skeptical theism is a type of reply to arguments from evil against God’s existence. The skeptical theist declines to accept a premiss of some such argument, professing ignorance, for example, about whether God is justified in permitting certain evils or about the conditional probability that the wor...
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| description | Skeptical theism is a type of reply to arguments from evil against God’s existence. The skeptical theist declines to accept a premiss of some such argument, professing ignorance, for example, about whether God is justified in permitting certain evils or about the conditional probability that the world contains as much evil as it does, or evils of a particular sort, on the hypothesis that God exists. Skeptical theists are thus not supposed to be skeptical about theism; rather, they are theists who are skeptical about something else. But that raises the question of exactly what else. In particular, does skepticism with respect to some claims about God and evil lead to a more pervasive skepticism? More precisely, is skeptical theism committed to additional skepticism about God? Is skeptical theism committed to global skepticism, including skepticism about ordinary, commonplace beliefs? Or is skeptical theism at the very least committed to a broader skepticism about matters of morality? This paper takes up these questions.Skeptical theism , Global Skepticism ,Moral Skepticism,God’s existence, Problem of Evil. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f4e608fac2634ecdbbd3467c1dc496a12023-09-02T18:57:28ZengUniversity of QomPizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī1735-97912538-25002019-09-01213274210.22091/jptr.2019.4608.21711466The Skepticism of Skeptical TheismEdward Wierenga0* Ph.D. in Philosophy, Professor of Religion and of Philosophy Emeritus, University of Rochester, NY, USA,Skeptical theism is a type of reply to arguments from evil against God’s existence. The skeptical theist declines to accept a premiss of some such argument, professing ignorance, for example, about whether God is justified in permitting certain evils or about the conditional probability that the world contains as much evil as it does, or evils of a particular sort, on the hypothesis that God exists. Skeptical theists are thus not supposed to be skeptical about theism; rather, they are theists who are skeptical about something else. But that raises the question of exactly what else. In particular, does skepticism with respect to some claims about God and evil lead to a more pervasive skepticism? More precisely, is skeptical theism committed to additional skepticism about God? Is skeptical theism committed to global skepticism, including skepticism about ordinary, commonplace beliefs? Or is skeptical theism at the very least committed to a broader skepticism about matters of morality? This paper takes up these questions.Skeptical theism , Global Skepticism ,Moral Skepticism,God’s existence, Problem of Evil.http://pfk.qom.ac.ir/article_1466_e9e17c88c4a7a4da839693e6fac31e1a.pdfskeptical theismevilthe problem of evilrowe |
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| title_short | The Skepticism of Skeptical Theism |
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