Skeptical Theism Remains Refuted: a Reply to Perrine
In my 2013 article A Refutation of Skeptical Theism, I argued that observing seemingly unjustified evils (SUEs) always reduces the probability of Gods existence. When figuring the relevant probabilities, I used a basic probability calculus that simply distributes the probability of falsified hypo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Sophia
Year: 2017, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 367-371 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Atheism
B Bayes Theorem B Skeptical theism |
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| Summary: | In my 2013 article A Refutation of Skeptical Theism, I argued that observing seemingly unjustified evils (SUEs) always reduces the probability of Gods existence. When figuring the relevant probabilities, I used a basic probability calculus that simply distributes the probability of falsified hypotheses equally. In 2015, Timothy Perrine argued that, since Bayes Theorem doesnt always equally distribute the probability of falsified hypotheses, my argument is undermined unless I can also show that my thesis follows on a Bayesian analysis. It is the purpose of this paper to meet that burden. |
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| ISSN: | 1873-930X |
| Reference: | Kritik von "A Note on Johnsons A Refutation of Skeptical Theism (2015)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-017-0599-4 |