Epicurus’ formulation: P1. If a perfectly good god exists, then there is no evil in the world. 1: Omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent P2. There is evil in the world. P3. Therefore, a perfectly good god does not exist. Theodicies…
Even the cartoon character Homer Simpson (who posed this question) has a philosopher within. And though he is not exactly the paradigm of reverence, the question is a real one for any philosophically reverent person. For one of…
“It has been asserted (by C.S. Lewis, for instance) that no determinist rationally can believe in determinism, for if determinism is true, his beliefs were caused, including his belief in determinism. The idea seems to be that the…
