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William Rowe vs. Evolutionary Universalism

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William Rowe vs. Evolutionary Universalism
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William Rowe vs. Evolutionary Universalism
May 18, 2011 at 1:54 pm (This post was last modified: May 18, 2011 at 2:13 pm by Nimzo.)
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RE: William Rowe vs. Evolutionary Universalism
May 18, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Never heard of Rowe's argument before, but yeah, it is a pretty bad argument. I don't see how you can get to (2) from (1). It seems a complete non-sequitur. I don't see how he can make the justification "probably" based on a lack of evidence.
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RE: William Rowe vs. Evolutionary Universalism
May 18, 2011 at 2:28 pm
(May 18, 2011 at 2:18 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Never heard of Rowe's argument before, but yeah, it is a pretty bad argument. I don't see how you can get to (2) from (1). It seems a complete non-sequitur. I don't see how he can make the justification "probably" based on a lack of evidence.
It is an inductive argument not a deductive one (so saying it is a non-sequitur isn't really much of a criticism, since inductive arguments are not deductively valid), and considered in the Philosophy of Religion to be pretty much the strongest currently-formulated argument against God's existence from the existence of (apparently gratuitous) evil.
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