A companion to the problem of evil

by McBrayer, Justin P.

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Title Statements

Full title :A companion to the problem of evil / edited by Justin P. McBrayer, Daniel Howard-Snyder.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley
Place of Publication:Hoboken
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

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Includes index.

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Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781118607978, 111860797X, 9781118608012, 1118608011, 9781118608104, 1118608100, 047067184X, 9780470671849, 9781306373326, 1306373328
oclc:ocn851285722
LC Classification:BL216
Dewey Decimal:214

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: PROBLEMS OF EVIL -- 1: A Brief History of Problems of Evil -- Introduction -- Another Footnote to Plato -- "Epicurus' Old Questions" and Ancient Skepticism -- Augustine and the Manichean Problem of Evil -- The Argument from Evil in Aquinas's Summa -- Calvin, Descartes, and the Early-Modern Obsession with Evil -- Bayle and the Insolubility of the Problem of Evil -- The First Logical and Evidential Arguments from Evil -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- 2: The Logical Problem of Evil: Mackie and Plantinga -- Mackie's Logical Problem of Evil -- Plantinga's Free Will Defense -- Assessing Plantinga's Free Will Defense -- Interworld Plenitude and Intraworld Plenitude -- Two Objections -- 3: A New Logical Problem of Evil -- Three Commitments of Theism -- Developing the Proof: The Modeling Approach -- Developing the Proof: The Motives Approach -- Some Final Objections -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- 4: Rowe's Evidential Arguments from Evil -- Two Cases -- Rowe's Arguments -- Initial Comments on Rowe's Arguments -- Framework and Assessment -- A Central Issue -- A Furthe…