Modal-epistemic arguments for the existence of God based on the possibility of the omniscience and/or refutation of the strong agnosticism
In this article I present some modal-epistemic arguments for the existence of God, based on the possibility of omniscience. For this, I provide modal formal systems that allow obtaining the existence of God as a theorem. Moreover, based on what I assume as reasonable premises, they show that the str...
| Subtitles: | Featuring articles on The Existence and Nature of God: Contributions from Latin America |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Religious studies
Year: 2025, Volume: 61, Issue: 1, Pages: 143-151 |
| Further subjects: | B
Omniscience
B existence of God B Logic B strong agnosticism B modal |
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| Summary: | In this article I present some modal-epistemic arguments for the existence of God, based on the possibility of omniscience. For this, I provide modal formal systems that allow obtaining the existence of God as a theorem. Moreover, based on what I assume as reasonable premises, they show that the strong agnostic position is contradictory, since it allows the conclusion both that God exists and that God does not exist. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412523000537 |
