Alexander Pruss's Blog

In the case of certain kinds of transformational experiences—such as meeting the love of your life—you have the realization that this is som...

Consider this modified version of William James’ mountaineer case: The mountaineer’s survival depends on his jumping over a crevasse, and th...

Invoking free will has always been a major part of theodicy. If God has good reason to give us the possibility to act badly, that ...

Kierkegaard somewhere says that the best argument for the Gospel is something like this: Everyone agrees that the moral teaching...

Here are some curious forms of argument that I want to play with. First: Doctrine D is so absurd that no one could believe D ...

It is standard in interpreting Scripture to ask questions like: "What did the Paul hope to accomplish by this passage?" ...

Somewhere in his diaries, Kierkegaard thinks forgiveness by an omniscient being is paradoxical. (Of course, that's no reason ...

Kierkegaardian view of romantic love makes love not be based on a quality of the beloved such as her generosity, beauty, intellige...

Suppose John loves Mary "for being a baroness" (and for what follows from being a baroness), but does not love him for a...

To say that love is a feeling and the like is really an un-Christian conception. This is the esthetic definition of love and therefore fits ...