Evil and maximal greatness
By defining God as a maximally great being Plantinga is able to devise an ontological argument which validly infers from the possibility of there being a God that there necessarily is a God. In this article I shall argue that Plantinga’s argument is not only question-begging, as several critics have...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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2022
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Année: 2022, Volume: 91, Numéro: 2, Pages: 93-109 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Plantinga, Alvin 1932-
/ Preuve ontologique de l’existence de Dieu
/ Modalité
/ Taille
/ Maximum
/ Critique
/ Le mal
/ Cercle vicieux (Philosophie)
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AB Philosophie de la religion NBC Dieu VA Philosophie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Modal problem of evil
B Maximal greatness B Modal ontological argument B Plantinga |
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| Résumé: | By defining God as a maximally great being Plantinga is able to devise an ontological argument which validly infers from the possibility of there being a God that there necessarily is a God. In this article I shall argue that Plantinga’s argument is not only question-begging, as several critics have complained, but circular in the strongest sense of the term. Based on reflections on the relation between the notions of coherence and possibility, I shall defend two arguments, previously proposed by Tooley (Mind 90:422–427, 1981) and Guleserian (Nous 17:221–238, 1983), against the existence of a maximally great being. The article concludes with some critical remarks on Plantinga’s rationale for conceiving God as such a being. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-021-09810-1 |
