The probabilistic argument from evil

Philosophical Studies 35 (1):1 - 53 (1979)
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Abstract

First I state and develop a probabilistic argument for the conclusion that theistic belief is irrational or somehow noetically improper. Then I consider this argument from the point of view of the major contemporary accounts of probability, Concluding that none of them offers the atheologian aid and comfort

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Alvin Plantinga
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