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An Atheistic Argument from Ugliness
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The theistic argument from beauty has what we call an ‘evil twin’, the argument from ugliness. The argument yields either what we call ‘atheist win’, or, when faced with aesthetic theodicies, ‘agnostic tie’ with the argument from beauty.
Verein zur Forderung der Fachzeitschrift European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
Title: An Atheistic Argument from Ugliness
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The theistic argument from beauty has what we call an ‘evil twin’, the argument from ugliness.
The argument yields either what we call ‘atheist win’, or, when faced with aesthetic theodicies, ‘agnostic tie’ with the argument from beauty.
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