Sceptical Theism and Evidential Arguments from Evil

Abstract

The core idea behind these responses to evidential arguments from evil is that considerations of human cognitive limitations are alone sufficient to undermine those arguments. This core idea is developed in different ways. Some 'sceptical theists '-[Bergmann 2001; Howard-Snyder 1996a, 1996c]claim that consideration of human cognitive limitations in the realm of value are alone sufficient to undermine evidential arguments from evil. Other 'sceptical theists'-[