A Theistic Conception of Probability

Faith and Philosophy 4 (4):427-447 (1987)
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Abstract

Although the doctrines of theism are rich enough to support a distinctively theistic conception of probability, historically there has been little discussion of probability from a theistic perspective. In this article I investigate how a theist might view epistemic probability. A unique conception of probability naturally follows from ideas central to theism, and it is argued that this conception of probability avoids many problems associated with other interpretations of probability.

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Epistemic justification.Alvin Plantinga - 1986 - Noûs 20 (1):3-18.

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