The fourth Philosophers' Carnival is now up at Doing Things With Words. Due to our slackness, Ted's Belief and Divine Hiddenness is our only contribution.
Since the Philosophers' Carnival is more spread out than most others, I've had trouble remembering when the next one is and when I need to submit any posts. Well, now there's a mailing list for reminders when the next carnival will be. If you want to know when the next one is approaching to remind you to submit a post, sign up for the email list here.
Trent Dougherty and I have been working on a response to the hiddenness argument. The argument from divine hiddenness as developed by Schellenberg crucially depends on the premise that if God exists then he will provide sufficient evidence for belief in God to all who are willing and able. God will provide sufficient evidence that he exists because a personal relationship with God is valuable and it is not possible unless a person believe in God.
This gives rise to the follow question: what kind of belief is required for a personal relationship with God? Schellenberg seems to require that the person believe that God exists. This is de dicto belief. We have two concerns: first, is de dicto belief required in general for a personal relationship to obtain between two persons? Second, assuming de dicto belief is required for a personal relationship between two persons, does this itself require all out belief?
The third Philosophers' Carnival is up at Philosophical Poetry. It's a strange format, but what do you expect at a site with that name? Matthew's Reduplication and Two Minds represents Prosblogion.
The third Philosophers' Carnival is coming up. Anyone wishing to submit a post for it should do so now. I believe the rule is that any blogger can submit one post, even if it's from a blog that has other posts submitted from other bloggers.
For more detailed information, go here. For easy link submission via the web, go here. It's going to be Monday, so if you're going to recommend a post of your own or someone else's then please do so soon.
