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The Problem of No Best World
In Charles Taliaferro, Paul Draper & Philip L. Quinn (eds.), A Companion to Philosophy of Religion. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 482–490 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Background The Problem of No Best World Theistic Responses: Four Categories Works cited.Author's Profile
The Problem of No Best World (NBW) traditional versions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam ‐ all maintaining that God is a perfect being God is a being, than which none greater is possible God, traditionally understood to be the creator and sustainer of all philosophers, pursuing a different criticism of theism based on NBW theistic responses: four categories ‐ theist rejecting NBW and reverting to Leibnizian view of a unique best Criticisms of P 1 ‐ Bruce Langtry offering an argument that can be construed as a criticism of P1 Criticisms of P 2 ‐ Thomas Morris identifying two theses that might be thought to underwrite P2
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