A new trick for the old debate

Authors

  • Pavel Butakov Институт философии и права Сибирского отделения Российской академии наук

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47850/RL.2020.1.1.48-57

Keywords:

analytic philosophy of religion, Schellenberg, problem of divine hiddenness, Hiddenness Argument, epistemology of religious belief.

Abstract

In the end of the 20th century analytic philosophy of religion has formed a new course for the debate about the existence of God, which is concerned with the problem of the divine hiddenness. The paper addresses the historical context of the origin of the new course. It shows how its originator John Schellenberg was able to formulate his Hiddenness Argument using the contemporary achievements in epistemology. In addition, the paper brings out Schellenberg’s novel approach to defense of plausibility of the Argument’s premises. Finally, it suggests promising directions for debating the Hiddenness Argument.

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2020-10-20 — Updated on 2020-10-20

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Butakov П. А. . (2020). A new trick for the old debate. Respublica Literaria, 1(1), 48–57. https://doi.org/10.47850/RL.2020.1.1.48-57

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020): Institutionalization of science and the scientific community

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