Plantinga and probabilistic atheism

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 30 (1):21 - 27 (1991)
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Plantinga underestimates the prospects for probabilistic atheism. He employs a flawed mathematical rendition of the atheist's crucial claim, (1) and he misunderstands the utility (1) would have for the atheist

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The probabilistic argument from evil.Alvin Plantinga - 1979 - Philosophical Studies 35 (1):1 - 53.

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