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Sceptical Agnosticism
Uppsala universitet, Centrum för forskning om religion och samhälle (CRS).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6313-1209
2023 (English)In: International Journal for the Study of Skepticism, ISSN 2210-5697, E-ISSN 2210-5700, Vol. 13, no 1, p. 31-43Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Agnostics as well as theists should answer evidential arguments from evil, at least when confronted with them. In this paper, I answer such an argument by appealing to sceptical agnosticism. A sceptical agnostic is not only undecided about the existence of a perfectly good and omnipotent God, but also believes that we cannot make any judgement about whether or not seemingly gratuitous evil probably is gratuitous. I argue that such agnosticism has several advantages compared with sceptical theism.

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Brill Academic Publishers , 2023. Vol. 13, no 1, p. 31-43
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sceptical agnosticism, sceptical theism, omni-God, the problem of evil, global scepticism
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Philosophy
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-42908DOI: 10.1163/22105700-bja10026ISI: 000980728400002OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-42908DiVA, id: diva2:1791481
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Swedish Research Council, 2018-01050Available from: 2023-08-25 Created: 2023-08-25 Last updated: 2023-08-28Bibliographically approved

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