Browsing Davis, Richard B. by Subject "Theism"
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God and Counterpossibles
(Cambridge University PressCambridge, UK, 2006)In this paper I critically examine Brian Leftow’s attempt to construct a theistic semantics for counterpossibles, one that can be used to make sense of the fact that propositions, which exist necessarily, nevertheless ... -
Haecceities, Individuation and the Trinity: A Reply to Keith Yandell
(Cambridge University PressCambridge, UK, 2002-06)In this paper I reply to Keith Yandell’s recent charge that Anselmian theists cannot also be Trinitarians. Yandell’s case turns on the contention that it is impossible to individuate Trinitarian members, if they exist ... -
Layman’s Lapse: On an Incomplete Moral Argument for Theism
(Center for InquiryAmherst, NY, 2013)C. Stephen Layman contends that an argument supporting theism over naturalism can be constructed based on three defensible, non–question-begging premises about the moral order. Previous critics of Layman’s argument have ... -
The Metaphysics of Theism and Modality
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Oppy and Modal Theistic Proofs
(Evangelical Philosophical Society in cooperation with Biola UniversityLa Mirada, Calif., 2009)I argue that Graham Oppy’s attempt to redefend his charge that all modal theistic arguments “must be question-begging” is unsuccessful. Oppy’s attempt to show that theism and modal concretism are compatible is not only ... -
Plantinga’s Defence and His Theodicy are Incompatible
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Reply to Critics
(Bloomsbury AcademicLondon, UK, 2019) -
Response to Paul Helm
(Bloomsbury AcademicLondon, UK, 2019)