Epistemological Considerations Concerning Skeptical Theism

Faith and Philosophy 28 (3):323-331 (2011)
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Recently Trent Dougherty has claimed that there is a tension between skeptical theism and common sense epistemology—that the more plausible one of these views is, the less plausible the other is. In this paper I explain Dougherty’s argument and develop an account of defeaters which removes the alleged tension between skeptical theism and common sense epistemology.

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10.5840/faithphil201128330

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Skeptical Theism.Timothy Perrine - 2023 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Skeptical Theism and Phenomenal Conservatism.Jonathan Matheson - 2014 - In Justin McBrayer Trent Dougherty (ed.), Skeptical Theism: New Essays. Oxford University Press. pp. 3-20.

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