Greater Than Can Be Conceived: The Rationality of Belief in a God Beyond Comprehension |
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abductive reasoning argue assert assume available evidence chapter claim conclusion conditional probability consider cosmological argument dark matter definition discussion doesn’t eccentric behavior empirical access empirical evidence empirically irrelevant epistemic example existence of red exists necessarily experience explanatory power fact function of P(HR given God’s existence graphed greater happen HD & HR Hume Hume’s hypothesis induction instance irrational irrelevant entities J. L. Mackie justified in believing lack least likelihood logically possible maximally perfect miracles Mork Mork’s mystics necessary existence nonexistence obviously omnibenevolent ontological argument P(HD particular person physical cosmology plausible posit posterior probability postulate premise prior probability priori concept probability of red properties proposition Proslogion proto-god rational for Robin rational to believe reason to think red exists relevant Robin to believe seems simply sorts of things specific supernatural suppose theist theistic theodicy theory thing in question undetectable ghosts universe value of P(HR wouldn’t y’s conception