Megill’s Multiverse Meta-Argument

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 73 (3):235-241 (2013)
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In a recent paper in this journal, Jason Megill (2011) offers an innovative meta-argument which deploys considerations about multiple universes in an effort to block all arguments from evil. In what follows, I contend that Megill has failed to establish a key premise in his meta-argument. I also offer a rival account of the effect of multiverse models on the debate about evil

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