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Swinburne on the Simplicity of Theism
2011
European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
This paper argues that (1) richard Swinburne's general account of the simplicity of empirical hypotheses fails because it involves a deeply problematic notion of postulating a property, while there is a wide range of hypotheses where the assessment of simplicity rests entirely on the number and kinds of postulated properties (2) Swinburne's main argument in The Christian God for the simplicity of theism, the one based on considerations about pure limitless intentional power, is significantly
doi:10.24204/ejpr.v3i2.403
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