Can Atheism Be Epistemically Responsible When So Many People Believe in God?
Nowadays the argument for the existence of God based on the common consent of mankind is taken to be so bad that contemporary atheists do not even bother to mention it. And it seems very few theists think that the argument is worth defending. In this paper I shall argue to the contrary: not only is...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2015]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 181-198 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Existence of God
/ Faith
/ Spread of
/ Atheism
/ Epistemologische Überzeugung
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
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| Summary: | Nowadays the argument for the existence of God based on the common consent of mankind is taken to be so bad that contemporary atheists do not even bother to mention it. And it seems very few theists think that the argument is worth defending. In this paper I shall argue to the contrary: not only is the argument better than usually thought, but widespread belief in God constitutes a prima facie defeater for every reasonable atheist. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v7i1.137 |