Paul Draper has formulated a Bayesian version of this problem by relying on a postulate called the "indifference hypothesis". This problem titles a book by Peter van Inwagen, who has argued against it. William Rowe attempted to supply the inductive basis for this argument in an article about "Ruminations on" a certain property, and that article was subsequently criticized by Alvin Plantinga from the standpoint of "degenerate evidence". Hume formulated a version of this problem in the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by arguing that one could not show from a world with both good and bad in it that it has a perfectly good cause. Leibniz's attempt to resolve this problem led him to argue that this is the best of all possible worlds in his Theodicy. For 10 points, identify this problem which asks how an omnipotent, benevolent deity could
Paul Draper has formulated a Bayesian version of this problem by relying on a postulate called the "indifference hypothesis". This problem titles a book by Peter van Inwagen, who has argued against it. William Rowe attempted to supply the inductive basis for this argument in an article about "Ruminations on" a certain property, and that article was subsequently criticized by Alvin Plantinga from the standpoint of "degenerate evidence". Hume formulated a version of this problem in the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by arguing that one could not show from a world with both good and bad in it that it has a perfectly good cause. Leibniz's attempt to resolve this problem led him to argue that this is the best of all possible worlds in his Theodicy. For 10 points, identify this problem which asks how an omnipotent, benevolent deity could exist given that bad things happen.
Paul Draper has formulated a Bayesian version of this problem by relying on a postulate called the "indifference hypothesis".
problem of evil [accept argument from evil]