Epistemic humility, arguments from evil, and moral skepticism

Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion 2:17-57 (2009)
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Reprinted in Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology, Wadsworth, 2013, 6th edition, eds. Michael Rea and Louis Pojman. In this essay, I argue that the moral skepticism objection to what is badly named "skeptical theism" fails.

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reprint Howard-Snyder, Daniel (2009) "Epistemic Humility, Arguments from Evil, and Moral Skepticism". In Kvanvig, Jonathan L., Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Religion, vol. 2, pp. : Oxford University Press (2009)

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Evidential Symmetry and Mushy Credence.Roger White - 2009 - Oxford Studies in Epistemology 3:161-186.
A Treatise on Probability.J. M. Keynes - 1989 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 40 (2):219-222.

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