Robert Bass (2011) argues that the evidential problem of evil can be strengthened by the application of a Bayesian conditionalization argument. I argue that, whatever the merits of Bayesian conditionalization arguments, they are... more
Robert Bass (2011) argues that the evidential problem of evil can be strengthened by the application of a Bayesian conditionalization argument. I argue that, whatever the merits of Bayesian conditionalization arguments, they are unsuccessful in substantiating the evidential problem of evil because the problem of evil doesn’t meet the necessary conditions for applying the formula informatively. I offer two examples to show that a successful application of the Bayesian formula must pass two tests, the competency test and the connection test. I then show that the problem of evil passes neither, and is therefore not strengthened by the Bayesian analysis. I conclude that Bass’s reformulated argument poses no substantive threat to theism.
In the paper, Korean verb forms and constructions related to evidentiality are explored. These forms are treated as corresponding to an additional (comment) proposition which is included into the sentence with the main proposition... more
In the paper, Korean verb forms and constructions related to evidentiality are explored. These forms are treated as corresponding to an additional (comment) proposition which is included into the sentence with the main proposition (corresponding to the verb and its arguments). The syntactic analysis of the evidential deficient clause is discussed (on the bases of various tests such as adverb modification and syntactic status of the arguments in this proposition).
