In the essay “The Problem of Evil for Atheists” Nagasawa attempts show a form of the problem of evil which applies to atheists and actually poses a greater threat to the atheistic belief than the equivalent problem poses to the theistic belief. In what follows, I will argue that what Nagasawa calls the problem of…
The Principle of Sufficient Reason Within the Set
My focus will be concerning the cosmological argument for God’s existence in its modern conception as formed in and around the 18th century which allows for the possibility of an infinite regress of dependent beings. The goal of this short rumination is to propose that Rowe's usage of the Principle of Sufficient Reason to claim…
Joseph de Maistre: On Suffering and Sacrifice
In his book titled St. Petersburg Dialogues, the Roman Catholic philosopher and stark defendant of the Roman Church in the age of the Enlightenment, Joseph de Maistre, sets out to explain and provide answers to the age-old complaint concerning “the happiness of the wicked and the misfortune of the just.”[1] This complaint, which is raised either to God…
Owl of Athena 