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Dr. Michael Huemer is a philosophy professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Several months ago he published a blog post (linked below) arguing that limited theism is more probable than omni-theism.
Link to Dr. Huemer's blog post:
fakenous.substack.com/p/the-probability-of-god
I invited on Dr. Nevin Climenhaga, a professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, to critique Dr. Huemer's arguments.
0:00 Intro to Huemer's Case
0:24 Metaphysical impossibility of Infinite Attributes
5:56 Prior Probability Decay for Unbounded Magnitudes
8:41 Why Simplicity Doesn’t Favor Omnipotence
10:23 Problem of Evil Favors Limited Theism Over Omni-Theism
14:08 Climenhaga's Response to Huemer on Infinity
30:56 Climenhaga's Response to Huemer on Prior Probability
47:02 Climenhaga's Response to Huemer on Evil
1:00:00 Huemer's Concluding Thoughts
1:01:13 Climenhaga's Concluding Thoughts
Dr. Michael Huemer is a philosophy professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Several months ago he published a blog post (linked below) arguing that limited theism is more probable than omni-theism.
Link to Dr. Huemer's blog post:
fakenous.substack.com/p/the-probability-of-god
I invited on Dr. Nevin Climenhaga, a professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, to critique Dr. Huemer's arguments.
0:00 Intro to Huemer's Case
0:24 Metaphysical impossibility of Infinite Attributes
5:56 Prior Probability Decay for Unbounded Magnitudes
8:41 Why Simplicity Doesn’t Favor Omnipotence
10:23 Problem of Evil Favors Limited Theism Over Omni-Theism
14:08 Climenhaga's Response to Huemer on Infinity
30:56 Climenhaga's Response to Huemer on Prior Probability
47:02 Climenhaga's Response to Huemer on Evil
1:00:00 Huemer's Concluding Thoughts
1:01:13 Climenhaga's Concluding Thoughts
