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Assessing Papal Probabilities: A Reply to Joseph E. Blado Cover

Assessing Papal Probabilities: A Reply to Joseph E. Blado

By: Jerry L. Walls  
Open Access
|Aug 2020

Abstract

Joseph Blado critiqued my probabilistic arguments against Roman papal doctrines by deploying probability arguments, particularly Bayesian arguments, in favor of the papacy. He contends that there are good C-inductive arguments for papal doctrine that, taken together, add up to a good P-inductive argument. I argue that his inductive arguments fail, and moreover that there are three good C-inductive arguments against papal doctrine in the neighborhood of his failed arguments. I conclude by critiquing his retreat to what he calls ‘skeptical papalism’ as a last ditch sort of move to defend papal doctrine.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2020-0031 | Journal eISSN: 2284-7308 | Journal ISSN: 1224-984X
Language: English
Page range: 105 - 116
Published on: Aug 19, 2020
Published by: Emanuel University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

© 2020 Jerry L. Walls, published by Emanuel University Press
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