Theism and Contrastive Explanation
I argue that there could not be grounds on which to introduce God into our ontology. My argument presupposes two doctrines. First, we should allow into our ontology only what figures in the best explanation of an event or fact. Second, explanation is contrastive by nature, in that the explanandum al...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2017]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-26 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Theism
/ Ontological proof of God's existence
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IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God |
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