Can Atheism Be Epistemically Responsible When So Many People Believe in God?

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  • Sébasten Réhault Université de Lorraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v7i1.137

Abstract

Nowadays the argument for the existence of God based on the common consent of mankind is taken to be so bad that contemporary atheists do not even bother to mention it. And it seems very few theists think that the argument is worth defending. In this paper I shall argue to the contrary: not only is the argument better than usually thought, but widespread belief in God constitutes a prima facie defeater for every reasonable atheist.

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Published

2015-03-21

How to Cite

Réhault, Sébasten. 2015. “Can Atheism Be Epistemically Responsible When So Many People Believe in God?”. European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 7 (1):181-98. https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v7i1.137.

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Research Articles