The role of intuitions on the evidential problem of evil: a moderate rationalist proposal

This paper seeks to evaluate the scope of the link between the evidential problem of evil and the role of intuitions as a case of sui generis a priori epistemic access. In order to do this, I will first address the theoretical assumptions present in the understanding of what an intuition is and, co...

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Autor principal:	Rafael Miranda-Rojas
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Publicado:	Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 2021
Materias:	Evil Irrationality Rationality Evidence Intuition Fallibility The Bible BS1-2970 Practical Theology BV1-5099 Doctrinal Theology BT10-1480
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e95c06bdc8b54316a9ec143a308cd9562021-11-10T14:59:47ZThe role of intuitions on the evidential problem of evil: a moderate rationalist proposal0120-131X2389-9980https://doaj.org/article/e95c06bdc8b54316a9ec143a308cd9562021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/cuestiones/article/view/7149https://doaj.org/toc/0120-131Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2389-9980 This paper seeks to evaluate the scope of the link between the evidential problem of evil and the role of intuitions as a case of sui generis a priori epistemic access. In order to do this, I will first address the theoretical assumptions present in the understanding of what an intuition is and, consequently, what an intuitive belief as a case of non-inferential and a priori belief is. Following Church et al (2020), one main point of this research would be to highlight the link between intuitions and evidentialism, as it is considered in the evidential problem of evil. This will allow a moderate and empirically informed rationalist analysis of what is understood as evidence regarding the possible (or probable, in some readings) non-existence of God, if it is the case that there is at least one instance of gratuitous evil (pointless evil) in the world. To strengthen this interpretation in favor of an a priori - a posteriori link as a way of responding to the argument of evil and its undercutting defeater role (Oliveira, 2020), two assumptions present in the discussion and their plausibility will be considered: that a priori reasons are not strictly understood as evidence for religious belief of a proposition p; and that the irrationality of religious belief arises from the absence of justification for the occurrence of an event of evil. I maintain that there is a tension between i) and ii), specifically regarding the absence of evidence that allows us to sustain the incompatibility between gratuitous evil and the non-existence of God. Rafael Miranda-RojasUniversidad Pontificia BolivarianaarticleEvilIrrationalityRationalityEvidenceIntuitionFallibilityThe BibleBS1-2970Practical TheologyBV1-5099Doctrinal TheologyBT10-1480ESCuestiones Teológicas, Vol 48, Iss 110 (2021)
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topic	Evil Irrationality Rationality Evidence Intuition Fallibility The Bible BS1-2970 Practical Theology BV1-5099 Doctrinal Theology BT10-1480
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description	This paper seeks to evaluate the scope of the link between the evidential problem of evil and the role of intuitions as a case of sui generis a priori epistemic access. In order to do this, I will first address the theoretical assumptions present in the understanding of what an intuition is and, consequently, what an intuitive belief as a case of non-inferential and a priori belief is. Following Church et al (2020), one main point of this research would be to highlight the link between intuitions and evidentialism, as it is considered in the evidential problem of evil. This will allow a moderate and empirically informed rationalist analysis of what is understood as evidence regarding the possible (or probable, in some readings) non-existence of God, if it is the case that there is at least one instance of gratuitous evil (pointless evil) in the world. To strengthen this interpretation in favor of an a priori - a posteriori link as a way of responding to the argument of evil and its undercutting defeater role (Oliveira, 2020), two assumptions present in the discussion and their plausibility will be considered: that a priori reasons are not strictly understood as evidence for religious belief of a proposition p; and that the irrationality of religious belief arises from the absence of justification for the occurrence of an event of evil. I maintain that there is a tension between i) and ii), specifically regarding the absence of evidence that allows us to sustain the incompatibility between gratuitous evil and the non-existence of God.
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The role of intuitions on the evidential problem of evil: a moderate rationalist proposal

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