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    [fullTitle] => An Evidential Argument for Islamic Theism
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In this paper, I argue that Islamic theism is best explained by the hypothesis of Divine Commission (HDC), whereby Muhammad is viewed as being divinely commissioned to serve the overall salvific purposes of God. To this end, I present three observation reports relating to Islamic theism and evaluate HDC against an alternative hypothesis, the hypothesis of Non-Commission (NC) whereby Muhammad is not viewed as being divinely commissioned. I argue that the probability of the observation reports is greater on the assumption that HDC is true than on the assumption that NC is true. Accordingly, this gives us reason to prefer HDC as a better explanation of Islamic theism.

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                    [givenName] => Zain
                    [affiliation] => University of Auckland
Auckland
New Zealand
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            [0] => Islam
            [1] => Islamic Philosophy
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    [doi] => 10.24204/ejpr.v10i4.2515
    [datePublished] => 2018-12-13
    [pdf] => https://www.philosophy-of-religion.eu/menuscript/index.php/ejpr/article/view/2515/version/506/2189
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An Evidential Argument for Islamic Theism

Zain
University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v10i4.2515

Abstract

In this paper, I argue that Islamic theism is best explained by the hypothesis of Divine Commission (HDC), whereby Muhammad is viewed as being divinely commissioned to serve the overall salvific purposes of God. To this end, I present three observation reports relating to Islamic theism and evaluate HDC against an alternative hypothesis, the hypothesis of Non-Commission (NC) whereby Muhammad is not viewed as being divinely commissioned. I argue that the probability of the observation reports is greater on the assumption that HDC is true than on the assumption that NC is true. Accordingly, this gives us reason to prefer HDC as a better explanation of Islamic theism.

Keywords: Islam

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