Friday, March 3, 2017

Great Argument from Beliefmap.com

"Theism and atheism are clearly contradictories. Yet, if they can be true or false, then they are both beliefs (or propositional stances). However, a “lack of belief” is not a belief or propositional stance; it cannot be true or false.1 So, on the revisionist model, while there can be arguments against the truth of theism, there suddenly cannot be arguments against atheism (i.e. by definitional fiat, the revisionist sets up “atheism” such that it cannot even be refuted). This seems straightforwardly odd, especially since there is a rich history of proffering arguments supporting “atheism” (by that name)."