RT Article
T1 Inference to the Best Explanation, Naturalism, and Theism
JF Implicit religion
VO 24
IS 3/4
SP 471
OP 484
A1 Park, Seungbae
A2 Ray, Christophe de
LA English
PB Equinox
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1858111552
AB De Ray argues that relying on inference to the best explanation (IBE) requires the metaphysical belief that most phenomena have explanations. I object that instead the metaphysical belief requires the use of IBE. De Ray uses IBE himself to establish theism that God is the cause of the metaphysical belief, and thus he has the burden of establishing the metaphysical belief independently of using IBE. Naturalism that the world is the cause of the metaphysical belief is preferable to theism, contrary to what de Ray thinks.
K1 Enumerative Induction
K1 Inference to the Best Explanation
K1 Naturalism
K1 Theism
DO 10.1558/imre.21371