RT Article
T1 Assessing Papal Probabilities: A Reply to Joseph E. Blado
JF Perichoresis
VO 18
IS 5
SP 105
OP 116
A1 Walls, Jerry L. 1955-
A2 Blado, Joseph E.
LA English
PB Sciendo, De Gruyter
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1727546997
AB Joseph Blado critiqued my probabilistic arguments against Roman papal doctrines by deploying probability arguments, particularly Bayesian arguments, in favor of the papacy. He contends that there are good C-inductive arguments for papal doctrine that, taken together, add up to a good P-inductive argument. I argue that his inductive arguments fail, and moreover that there are three good C-inductive arguments against papal doctrine in the neighborhood of his failed arguments. I conclude by critiquing his retreat to what he calls ‘skeptical papalism’ as a last ditch sort of move to defend papal doctrine.
K1 Luz
K1 Intertextuality
K1 papal doctrine
K1 probability arguments
DO 10.2478/perc-2020-0031