An Atheistic Argument from Ugliness

Scott F. Aikin; Nicholaos Jones

doi:10.24204/ejpr.v7i1.139

An Atheistic Argument from Ugliness

Authors

Scott F. Aikin Vanderbilt University University of Alabama in Huntsville
Nicholaos Jones Vanderbilt University University of Alabama in Huntsville

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v7i1.139

Abstract

The theistic argument from beauty has what we call an ‘evil twin’, the argument from ugliness. The argument yields either what we call ‘atheist win’, or, when faced with aesthetic theodicies, ‘agnostic tie’ with the argument from beauty.

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Published

2015-03-21

How to Cite

Aikin, Scott F., and Nicholaos Jones. 2015. “An Atheistic Argument from Ugliness”. European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 7 (1):209-17. https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v7i1.139.