ISSN 2004-9331
4 papers in the library · publishing 2024-2026
Agatheos : January 30, 2026 Linda Zagzebski
This paper goes through a series of theses about God and consciousness from the most certain to the least certain. I begin with the thesis that I am more certain of the existence of my currently occurring consciousness state than of anything else. I then move to the thesis that every conscious state includes a relation to a subject, which is internal to the state. I continue with models of...
Agatheos : January 30, 2026 Adam Green
This issue of Agatheos has its origins in an important passing of a torch within the philosophy of religion.Linda Zagzebski was the Kingfisher Chair in Religion and Ethics at the University of Oklahoma for over twenty years until her retirement in 2021.She was succeeded in January of 2024 by Yujin Nagasawa, who left a research chair in Birmingham for the honor.Zagzebski and Nagasawa, in...
Agatheos : January 30, 2026 William Hunt
This paper examines the multiverse hypothesis as a proposed challenge to the fine-tuning argument for the existence of God. Using Bayesian confirmation theory, it argues that the multiverse does not significantly undermine fine-tuning. However, when the fine-tuning argument is assessed within the same Bayesian framework, traditional Abrahamic theism fares no better. The paper then proposes that...
Agatheos : December 20, 2024 T. Ryan Byerly
This paper develops an account of one trait involved in living the spiritual life well and argues that this trait can be recognized by both the religious and non-religious as a virtue. The virtue, which I call “spiritual excellence,” involves making skilled use of a worldview for which one has ambiguous evidence or better in order to cultivate transformative experiences of connectedness. I...