FW: Logic and Religion Webinar: Defending Theological Predictivism (This Thursday, Jun 26)

[Assis]

Dear Colleague,

You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and Religion Webinar Series which will be held on June 26 (THIS THURSDAY), 2025, at 4 pm CET with the topic:

 

DEFENDING THEOLOGICAL PREDICTIVISM

Speaker: Francisco de Assis Mariano (University of Missouri-Columbia, USA)

Chair: Ricardo Sousa Silvestre (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil)

 

 

Time zones: 11:00 am in New York; 11:00 am in São Paulo; 4:00 pm in Paris; 5:00 pm in Jerusalem; and 8:30 pm in New Delhi.

*Check the timeanddate.com to convert to your time zone

 

Zoom link:

https://umsystem.zoom.us/j/95794780963?pwd=gashTo9YdI8iabAip0N2s02uZJgC1R.1

Meeting ID: 957 9478 0963
Passcode: 944150

 

Abstract: Eliot Sober has argued that design arguments that are based on inference to the best explanation make dubious predictions. If such an objection is applied to any theistic argument that relies on the same form of reasoning, we are led to ‘theological skepticism’. But here I argue that theological skepticism fails to undermine such arguments for theism if we take divine love as the grounding source for what I call ‘theological predictivism’, that is, predictions regarding certain divine actions. Furthermore, I claim that even if theological skepticism were successful, it would also compromise similar arguments for atheism.

 

 

Join us 5 minutes prior to the beginning of the session!
 
With best wishes,

 

 

Francisco de Assis Mariano,
The University of Missouri-Columbia (USA)
LARA Secretary
la...@logicandreligion.com

 

 

 

Thanks,

Assis