Philo

Volume 4, Issue 1, Spring-Summer 2001

Aaron Holland
Pages 82-89

Consistency in Presuming Agnosticism

According to the presumption of atheism, we are to presume disbelief unless agnosticism or theism can be adequately defended. In this paper I will defend the presumption of atheism against a popular objection made by Thomas Morris and elucidate an insuperable difficulty for any attempt to argue for a presumption of agnosticism.