Robert J Richman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5967114 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert J Richman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert J |
| FAMILY NAME | Richman |
| SIGNATURE | RICHMAN R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Providence and Evil
The Presumption of Atheism and Other Essays
Miss Anscombe's complaint
Crime or Disease
RIME IS a symptom of disease.') I want to examine this paradox; { for the sake both of brevity and simplicity, confining attention to the cases where the cnme is that of individuals and not of states, and where the disease is the mental disorder of the individual offender and not the metaphorical disease of the society in which he appears.2 It is a paradox perhaps rarely defended, explicit and unqualified; though certainly it is tacitly accepted …
Insight and Illusion
Scepticism
The Argument from Evil
The traditional problem of evil is set forth, by no means for the first time, in Part X of Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion in these familiar words: ‘Is [God] willing to prevent evil, but not able? then he is impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? whence then is evil?’ This formulation of the problem of evil obviously suggests an argument to the effect that the existence of evil in t…
Concepts without criteria
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Concepts without criteria
The Argument from Evil
The traditional problem of evil is set forth, by no means for the first time, in Part X of Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion in these familiar words: ‘Is [God] willing to prevent evil, but not able? then he is impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? whence then is evil?’ This formulation of the problem of evil obviously suggests an argument to the effect that the existence of evil in t…
Crime or Disease
RIME IS a symptom of disease.') I want to examine this paradox; { for the sake both of brevity and simplicity, confining attention to the cases where the cnme is that of individuals and not of states, and where the disease is the mental disorder of the individual offender and not the metaphorical disease of the society in which he appears.2 It is a paradox perhaps rarely defended, explicit and unqualified; though certainly it is tacitly accepted …
Insight and Illusion
Scepticism
Miss Anscombe's complaint
Providence and Evil
The Presumption of Atheism and Other Essays
Epistemology (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Contemporary philosophy (4 works) · General interest (4 works) · Analytic philosophy (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)