Skeptical Theism New Essays

by Dougherty, Trent; McBrayer, Justin P.

• ISBN13: 9780199661183
• ISBN10: 0199661189
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-09-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Trent Dougherty is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He publishes regularly in epistemology and philosophy of religion. He is editor of Evidentialism and Its Discontents (OUP 2011) and author of The Problem of Animal Pain: A Theodicy for All Creatures Great and Small (Palgrave MacMillan forthcoming).

Justin P. McBrayer is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. He works in both philosophy of religion and ethics. He is the co-editor of Introducing Ethics: A Critical Thinking Approach with Readings (OUP 2013) and The Blackwell Companion to the Problem of Evil (Wiley Blackwell 2013).

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: Knowledge & Epistemic Humility
1. Phenomenal Conservatism and Skeptical Theism, Jonathan Matheson
2. Phenomenal Conservatism, Skeptical Theism, and Probabilistic Reasoning, Trent Dougherty
3. On the Epistemological Framework for Skeptical Theism, John DePoe
4. Why Skeptical Theism isn't Skeptical Enough, Chris Tucker
5. Minimal Skeptical Theism, Todd R. Long
6. Replies to Long and Tucker, E.J. Coffman
7. The Paradox of Humility and Dogmatism, N.N. Trakakis
Part II: Debating CORNEA
8. Some Considerations Concerning CORNEA, Global Skepticism, and Trust, Kenneth Boyce
9. Skeptical Theism and Undercutting Defeat, M.J. Almeida
10. Confirmation Theory and the Core of CORNEA, Paul Draper
11. Skeptical Theism, Abductive Atheology, and Theory Versioning, Timothy Perrine & Stephen J. Wykstra
12. Meet the New Skeptical Theism, Same as the Old Skeptical Theism, Paul Draper
13. Learning not to be Naive: A comment on the exchange between Perrine/Wykstra & Draper, Lara Buchack
Part III: Skeptical Theism's Implications for Theism
14. Skeptical Theism and Skeptical Atheism, J.L. Schellenberg
15. Skeptical Theism, Atheism, and Total Evidence Skepticism, Michael Bergmann
16. Skeptical Demonism: A Failed Response to a Humean Challenge, Wes Morriston
17. Divine Deception, Erik J. Wielenberg
18. Two New Versions of Skeptical Theism, Andrew Cullison
19. Trust, Silence, and Liturgical Acts, Kevin Timpe
Part IV: Skeptical Theism's Implications for Morality
20. Agnosticism, Skeptical Theism, and Moral Obligation, Stephen Maitzen
21. Agnosticism, the Moral Skepticism Objection, and Commonsense Morality, Daniel Howard-Snyder
22. Skeptical Theism within Reason, Ted Poston