Andrew Blanton
Biographic Data
| ID | 7220121 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Blanton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Blanton |
| SIGNATURE | BLANTON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4852-4383 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Is theism compatible with pointless non-resistant non-belief
Perry Hendricks (2025) argues that theism is not only compatible with what he calls ‘pointless atheism’ (instances of non-resistant non-belief that do not serve a greater good) but also makes it expected. His case combines the Responsibility Objection (RO) – the view that God permits non-resistant non-belief because it’s required for theists to bear responsibility for bringing others into relationship with God – with a William Hasker-inspired arg…
Non-resistant non-belief is pervasive
J.L. Schellenberg’s argument from divine hiddenness partly rests on the claim that non-resistant non-belief exists. In this paper, I take up the question of whether such non-belief is pervasive and argue that it is, in fact, relatively common. To support this claim, I present a novel argument grounded in a distinction between acquisition responsibility and maintenance responsibility. I argue that, for a non-believer to count as resistant in Schel…
Divine hiddenness, the demographics of theism, and mutual epistemic dependence
In his article ‘Divine Hiddenness and the Demographics of Theism’ Stephen Maitzen (2006) develops a permutation of the argument from divine hiddenness which focuses on the uneven distribution of theistic belief around the globe. Max Baker-Hytch (2016) responds to this argument by providing a theodicy which appeals to the fact that humans are epistemically interdependent. In this article I argue that Baker-Hytch's response is at best incomplete an…
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Is theism compatible with pointless non-resistant non-belief
Perry Hendricks (2025) argues that theism is not only compatible with what he calls ‘pointless atheism’ (instances of non-resistant non-belief that do not serve a greater good) but also makes it expected. His case combines the Responsibility Objection (RO) – the view that God permits non-resistant non-belief because it’s required for theists to bear responsibility for bringing others into relationship with God – with a William Hasker-inspired arg…
Non-resistant non-belief is pervasive
J.L. Schellenberg’s argument from divine hiddenness partly rests on the claim that non-resistant non-belief exists. In this paper, I take up the question of whether such non-belief is pervasive and argue that it is, in fact, relatively common. To support this claim, I present a novel argument grounded in a distinction between acquisition responsibility and maintenance responsibility. I argue that, for a non-believer to count as resistant in Schel…
Divine hiddenness, the demographics of theism, and mutual epistemic dependence
In his article ‘Divine Hiddenness and the Demographics of Theism’ Stephen Maitzen (2006) develops a permutation of the argument from divine hiddenness which focuses on the uneven distribution of theistic belief around the globe. Max Baker-Hytch (2016) responds to this argument by providing a theodicy which appeals to the fact that humans are epistemically interdependent. In this article I argue that Baker-Hytch's response is at best incomplete an…
Argument (complex analysis) (3 works) · Theology and Philosophy of Evil (3 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works) · Theism (2 works) · Core (optical fiber) (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Event (particle physics) (1 work) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (1 work) · Free will (1 work) · Free Will and Agency (1 work)