The Cosmos as a Work of Art: A Skeptical Theist Approach That Isn't Too Skeptical
I shall defend Augustine's holistic aesthetic response to the problem of evil by considering the variety of ways in which our vision of the cosmos is limited and how this is similar to the kinds of limitations on viewing a work of art that would make negative criticism unreasonable. At the same...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Year: 2020, Volume: 94, Pages: 205-213 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | I shall defend Augustine's holistic aesthetic response to the problem of evil by considering the variety of ways in which our vision of the cosmos is limited and how this is similar to the kinds of limitations on viewing a work of art that would make negative criticism unreasonable. At the same time, I identify an interesting asymmetry: we may be justified in making positive, but not negative, judgments about the creator's skill on the basis of a mere partial perception. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-7925 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Catholic Philosophical Association, Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/acpaproc2022831136 |