If we do take statements to be the primary bearers of truth, there seems to be a very simple answer to the question, what is it for them to be true: for a statement to be true is for things to be as they are stated to be.
The balance of probabilities, therefore, comes out strongly against the existence of a god. - J. L. Mackie
The balance of probabilities, therefore, comes out strongly against the existence of a god.
- J. L. Mackie
...it is absurd to try to confine our knowledge and belief to matters which are conclusively established by sound deductive arguments. The demand for… - J. L. Mackie
...it is absurd to try to confine our knowledge and belief to matters which are conclusively established by sound deductive arguments. The demand for…
I myself find it hard to accept the notion of self-creation from nothing, even given unrestricted chance. - J. L. Mackie
I myself find it hard to accept the notion of self-creation from nothing, even given unrestricted chance.
God is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists. There seems to be some contradiction between these three propositions, so that if any two… - J. L. Mackie
God is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists. There seems to be some contradiction between these three propositions, so that if any two…
There are no objective values. - J. L. Mackie
There are no objective values.
If we do take statements to be the primary bearers of truth, there seems to be a very simple answer to the question, what is it for them to be true: … - J. L. Mackie
If we do take statements to be the primary bearers of truth, there seems to be a very simple answer to the question, what is it for them to be true: …
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