The Modal-Epistemic Argument Self-undermined

Stefan Wintein

doi:10.1007/s11841-022-00939-8

The Modal-Epistemic Argument Self-undermined

Stefan Wintein^*

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Abstract

In a recent article, Emanuel Rutten defends his Modal-Epistemic Argument (MEA) for the existence of God against various objections that I raised against it. In this article, I observe that Rutten’s defence fails for various reasons. Most notably though, the defence is self-undermining: the very claims that Rutten argues for in his defence yield novel counterexamples to the first premise of the MEA.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-15
Number of pages	15
Journal	Sophia
Volume	62
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11841-022-00939-8
Publication status	Published - 2 Mar 2023

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