A Critical Evaluation of Schellenberg’s Divine Hiddenness Argument Based on Avicenna’s Ontological and Epistemological Foundations
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī November 18, 2025 Yaser Hashemi, Ahmad Valiee, Mohammad Javad Asghari
Atheists have long advanced arguments against the existence of God, challenging the claims of theists. Among these, John L. Schellenberg has proposed an argument known as “divine hiddenness,” which has garnered significant attention from philosophers of religion. Therefore, the subject of this paper is to critique and examine this argument based on the ontological foundations of Avicenna, one...