Paul Pardi

A brief biographical sketch is available.

The Argument from Nonbelief : A Rejoinder (2003)

In his book Nonbelief and Evil, Theodore Drange presents what he calls the Argument from Nonbelief against the existence of God: the fact that not all people believe the gospel message before they die provides grounds for denying that the Christian God exists. I contend, however, that there are good reasons to deny that this inference goes through; I argue that given the nature of free persons, it is not within the set of logically possible states of affairs that God is able to actualize. Further, I believe Drange has an inadequate understanding of religious belief that should be rejected and replaced with a more robust formulation.