Global and local atheisms

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 79 (1):7-18 (2016)
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I introduce a distinction between global and local versions of atheism and theism, where global ones are about all notions of God and local ones are about specific notions. Current expressions of atheism are ambiguous between the two. I argue that global atheism is difficult to enunciate and even more difficult to defend, so much so that global atheism is not yet justified. Until it is, atheists should be local atheists

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Defining atheism, theism, and god.Bruce Milem - 2019 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 85 (3):335-346.

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