The Modal-Epistemic Argument Defended: Reply to Wintein

Sophia 21 (4) (2022)
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Abstract

Recently, Stefan Wintein published an article in which he presents four objections to my modal-epistemic argument for the existence of God. His first objection is an alleged counterexample to the argument’s first premise, and the second objection is an alleged counterexample to the argument’s second premise. Wintein’s third objection attempts to show that the modal-epistemic argument is circular. Finally, the fourth objection is a parody objection. In this paper, I show that Wintein’s four objections all fail.

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Emanuel Rutten
VU University Amsterdam

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