Thesis
The evidence of evil
- Abstract:
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Does evil constitute any evidence against the existence of God? Stephen Wykstra argues that it does not, claiming that “if we have realized the magnitude of the theistic proposal, cognizance of suffering ... should not in the least reduce our confidence that it is true”. I argue that he is mistaken. I outline a framework for modelling the confidence we lend to propositions and assessing the rational propriety of such confidences both at a given time and over time, and apply this framework to ...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2008
- Type of award:
- BPhil
- Level of award:
- Bachelors
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:2371
- Deposit date:
- 2008-10-07
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- Copyright holder:
- Duncan Brown
- Copyright date:
- 2008
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