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In the Platonic dialogue Euthyphro, Socrates asks the greek prophet Euthyphro the question: "is the pious pious because it is loved by the gods or is it loved by the gods because it is pious?", ...

∙The problem of evil is the question of whether the evil and suffering we see in the world is compatible with the existence of an omnibenevolent (all-good), omniscient (all-knowing), omnipotent (all-power...

In his search for unassailable knowledge, Descartes reaches in his first Meditation a hurdle in the form of his deceiving demon thought experiment. The demon Descartes imagines is one who deceives him ...

The logical problem of evil is usually cast as an argument for the logical inconsistency of a number of claims that traditional theism holds. These include the claims: 1) God exists 2) God is omn...

Falsification Theory is a Philosophical method created by Karl Popper to separate science from pseudo-science. Popper saw a distingtion between the works of scientists like Einstein and Newton, and the...