2018-03-27
The modal-epistemic argument for the existence of God is flawed
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International Journal for Philosophy of Religion p. 1- 16
In a recent article, Emanuel Rutten has presented a novel argument for the existence of God, defined as a personal being that is the first cause of reality. An interesting feature of the argument, which caused quite a stir, is that it does not fall within any of the traditional categories of arguments for God’s existence. Rutten calls his argument a modal-epistemic one, which reflects the fact that the first premise of his argument states that all possible truths are knowable. The main purpose of this article is a simple one: to point out that Rutten’s modal-epistemic argument is flawed.
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| doi.org/10.1007/s11153-018-9664-3, hdl.handle.net/1765/111323 | |
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| Organisation | Erasmus School of Philosophy |
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Wintein, S. (2018). The modal-epistemic argument for the existence of God is flawed. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 1–16. doi:10.1007/s11153-018-9664-3 |
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