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Good, God, and the open-question argument

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2005

ANDREW FISHER
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, The University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD

Abstract

In Finite and Infinite Goods, Robert Adams defends his metaphysical account that good is resemblance to God via an ‘open-question’ intuition. It is, however, unclear what this intuition amounts to. I give two possible readings: one based on the semantic framework Adams employs, and another based on Adams's account of humankind's epistemological limitations. I argue that neither of these readings achieves Adams's advertised aim.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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