Evil is not evidence
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Abstract The article aims to show that, if S5 is the logic of metaphysical necessity, then no state affairs in any possible world constitutes non-trivial evidence for or against existence traditional God. There might well be states some worlds describing extraordinary goods and evils, but it false that these constitute (non-trivial) epistemological consequences philosophical theology assuming S4 K σρ necessity are equally untenable. guarantees God does not exist there slightest And survive loss acquisition essential property at all.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Religious Studies
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1469-901X', '0034-4125']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412522000038