Sceptical Agnosticism
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چکیده
Abstract Agnostics as well theists should answer evidential arguments from evil, at least when confronted with them. In this paper, I such an argument by appealing to sceptical agnosticism. A agnostic is not only undecided about the existence of a perfectly good and omnipotent God, but also believes that we cannot make any judgement whether or seemingly gratuitous evil probably gratuitous. argue agnosticism has several advantages compared theism.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for the Study of Skepticism
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2210-5697', '2210-5700']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/22105700-bja10026