Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion Volume 8Jonathan L. Kvanvig Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion is an annual volume offering a regular snapshot of state-of-the-art work in this longstanding area of philosophy that has seen an explosive growth of interest over the past half century. Under the guidance of a distinguished editorial board, it publishes exemplary papers in any area of philosophy of religion. |
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... claim by citing propositional evidence. In this light, a justified belief may be conceived dialectically: as one based on grounds such that properly citing them in justifying it suffices to justify it. I presuppose that we have a sense ...
... claim by citing propositional evidence. In this light, a justified belief may be conceived dialectically: as one based on grounds such that properly citing them in justifying it suffices to justify it. I presuppose that we have a sense ...
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... claim certainty for at least many of the relevant propositions, it is best not to conjoin them. What we can say is that each argument may raise the probability of the conclusion. But how much is it raised? We cannot always assign a ...
... claim certainty for at least many of the relevant propositions, it is best not to conjoin them. What we can say is that each argument may raise the probability of the conclusion. But how much is it raised? We cannot always assign a ...
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... claims as well as some false counterpossible claims." The counterpossible claim if a man were a donkey, he'd have four legs- is non-trivially true, while the counterpossible claim if a man were a donkey, he'd have eight legs- is false ...
... claims as well as some false counterpossible claims." The counterpossible claim if a man were a donkey, he'd have four legs- is non-trivially true, while the counterpossible claim if a man were a donkey, he'd have eight legs- is false ...
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... claim that, as illustrated in human cases, there is such a thing as a power to make a stone one cannot lift. It is this power that is possessed by some human agents but couldn't be possessed by an omnipotent being. Yet, plausibly, such ...
... claim that, as illustrated in human cases, there is such a thing as a power to make a stone one cannot lift. It is this power that is possessed by some human agents but couldn't be possessed by an omnipotent being. Yet, plausibly, such ...
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... claims (which I share), this analysis will require that a being with perfect efficacy is such that it is non-trivially true that were it to will that some other agent freely performs some action, then it would intentionally bring it ...
... claims (which I share), this analysis will require that a being with perfect efficacy is such that it is non-trivially true that were it to will that some other agent freely performs some action, then it would intentionally bring it ...
Contents
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The Evidential Weight of Social Evil | 47 |
SuffererCentered Requirements on Theodicy and AllThingsConsidered Harms | 71 |
Wagering on Pragmatic Encroachment | 96 |
Incarnation The Avatar Model | 118 |
The Skeptical Christian | 142 |
Omnipresence and the Location of the Immaterial | 168 |
Eternity Shut in a Span The Times of God Incarnate | 207 |
The Posture of Faith | 227 |
Foundational Grounding and the Argument from Contingency | 245 |
Religious Assertion | 269 |
There is no FreeWill Defense | 294 |
How to Think of Religious Commitment as a Ground for Moral Commitment A Thomistic Perspective on the Moral Philosophies of John Cottingham... | 313 |
Index | 343 |
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