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Intentionality, belief, and the logical problem of evil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2019

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KENNETH L. PEARCE*
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Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Abstract

This article provides a new defence against the logical problem of evil, based on the naturalistic functional/teleological theory of mind (NFT). I argue that if the NFT is self-consistent then it is consistent with theism. Further, the NFT entails that it is not possible for created minds to exist in the absence of evil. It follows that if the NFT is self-consistent then the existence of God is consistent with the existence of evil.

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Religious Studies , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , September 2020 , pp. 419 - 435
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019

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