A critique of natural theology
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https://doi.org/10.15633/acr.963Keywords:
natural theology, negative theology, God, negation, revelationAbstract
In this paper the Author critically discusses the ways of understanding negative and natural theology. Subsequently, he makes an attempt to construct an argument against natural theology as insufficient mean to formulate a nontrivial statement about God.
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