The Falsification Challenge
Not too many years ago Antony Flew voiced a challenge. His challenge was directed to religious believers and it was this: What would have to occur or to have occurred to constitute for you a disproof of the love of, or of the existence of, God?' It was Flew's implicit argument that unless...
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| Language: | English |
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[1969]
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Religious studies
Year: 1969, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-76 |
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| Summary: | Not too many years ago Antony Flew voiced a challenge. His challenge was directed to religious believers and it was this: What would have to occur or to have occurred to constitute for you a disproof of the love of, or of the existence of, God?' It was Flew's implicit argument that unless such a challenge could be met an utterance like There is a God' in fact denied nothing and so asserted nothing either (since the meaning of an assertion is the negation of its denial). One great merit of Flew's challenge was that it crystallised a malaise felt by many into a hard, pointed question. As a challenge this question elicited two basic reactions. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Reference: | Kritik in "The Falsification Response (1969)"
Kritik in "The Falsification Challenge (1969)" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412500003966 |