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In this important new book, David O'Connor discusses both logical and empirical forms of the problem of inscrutable evil, perennially the most difficult philosophical problem confronting theism. Arguing that both a version of theism ("friendly theism") and a version of atheism ("friendly atheism") are justified on the evidence in the debate over God and evil, O'Connor concludes that a warranted outcome is a philosophical detente between those two positions. On the way to that conclusion he develops two arguments from evil, a reformed version of the logical argument and an indirect version of the empirical argument, and deploys both against a central formulation of theism that he describes as orthodox theism. God and Inscrutable Evil makes a valuable contribution to contemporary debates in the philosophy of religion.
Format: CONTRIBUTORS: David O'ConnorEAN: 9780585114040COUNTRY: United StatesPAGES: WEIGHT: 0 gHEIGHT: 0 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Rowman & LittlefieldDATE PUBLISHED: 2014-05-13CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / Good & Evil, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christian Theology / GeneralWIDTH: 0 cmSPINE:
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Encyclopaedias and reference works, Agnosticism and atheism
. . . excellent work . . . chock-full of original, creative analyses and arguments.--Del Kiernan-Lewis, Morehouse College "The Journal Of Religion "
David O'Connor is professor of philosophy at Seton Hall University and the author of The Metaphysics of G. E. Moore.
In this important new book, David O'Connor discusses both logical and empirical forms of the problem of inscrutable evil, perennially the most difficult philosophical problem confronting theism. Arguing that both a version of theism ("friendly theism") and a version of atheism ("friendly atheism") are justified on the evidence in the debate over God and evil, O'Connor concludes that a warranted outcome is a philosophical detente between those two positions. On the way to that conclusion he develops two arguments from evil, a reformed version of the logical argument and an indirect version of the empirical argument, and deploys both against a central formulation of theism that he describes as orthodox theism. God and Inscrutable Evil makes a valuable contribution to contemporary debates in the philosophy of religion.
Format: CONTRIBUTORS: David O'ConnorEAN: 9780585114040COUNTRY: United StatesPAGES: WEIGHT: 0 gHEIGHT: 0 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Rowman & LittlefieldDATE PUBLISHED: 2014-05-13CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / Good & Evil, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christian Theology / GeneralWIDTH: 0 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Encyclopaedias and reference works, Agnosticism and atheism
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