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The argument from ignorance mounted by John Schellenberg argues from the existence of non-faulty unbelief to the non-existence of God, from the fact of atheism or agnosticism to the truth of atheism. It relies on two putative conceptual relations: between the idea of love and that of personal relationship, and between personal relationship and existential belief on each side of the relation concerning the other relatum. I argue that each is debatable, and so the argument cannot proceed.

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    [doi] => 10.24204/ejpr.v7i1.130
    [datePublished] => 2015-03-21
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Is Atheism (the Fact) Good Evidence for Atheism (the Thesis)? On John Schellenberg's Argument from Ignorance

Cyrille
Université de Nantes

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v7i1.130

Abstract

The argument from ignorance mounted by John Schellenberg argues from the existence of non-faulty unbelief to the non-existence of God, from the fact of atheism or agnosticism to the truth of atheism. It relies on two putative conceptual relations: between the idea of love and that of personal relationship, and between personal relationship and existential belief on each side of the relation concerning the other relatum. I argue that each is debatable, and so the argument cannot proceed.

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