Open AccessSkeptical Theism and the Creep Problem
Author(s) -
Scott F. Aikin,
Brian Ribeiro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
logos and episteme
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2069-3052
pISSN - 2069-0533
DOI - 10.5840/logos-episteme201910433
Subject(s) - skepticism , theism , argument (complex analysis) , epistemology , philosophy , chemistry , biochemistry
Skeptical theism is the view that human knowledge and understanding are severely limited, compared to that of the divine. The view is deployed as an undercutting defeater for evidential arguments from evil. However, skeptical theism has broader skeptical consequences than those for the argument from evil. The epistemic principles of this skeptical creep are identified and shown to be on the road to global skepticism.