PHI 1 UC Davis Homework Assignment #4 Put the following argument into standard form in way that captures as much of the reasoning as possible, and which do

PHI 1 UC Davis Homework Assignment #4 Put the following argument into standard form in way that captures as much of the reasoning as possible, and which does not contain any idle premises, i.e., premises that are not needed to make the argument valid. Display the pattern your reconstruction fits, in symbols, to the right of the reconstruction. PHI 1: Introduction to Philosophy
UC Davis: Winter 2019
Homework Assignment #4
Due in lecture on Thursday, 28 Feb. 2109
Assignment:
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Put the following argument into standard form in way that captures as much of the
reasoning as possible, and which does not contain any idle premises, i.e., premises
that are not needed to make the argument valid. Display the pattern your
reconstruction fits, in symbols, to the right of the reconstruction.
It is clear that God does not exist. For God, if he exists, would be an essentially
omnipotent, essentially omniscient, and essentially omnibenevolent being who created
the entire universe, i.e., the actual world. And one rather plausible expectation of a being
who is essentially omnipotent, essentially omniscient, and essentially perfectly good is
that this being create the best possible world. After all, if God is perfectly good then he
will create the best possible world that he is able to create, and if he is omnipotent, he is
able to create any possible world. However, the amount, the types, the intensity, and the
distribution of evil we see around us seem to point rather overwhelmingly to the
conclusion that ours, the actual world, is most certainly not the best possible world.
Adapted from H. Hudson, The Metaphysics of Hyperspace (Oxford University Press:
2005), p. 163
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In two or three sentences, mention a specific premise from your reconstruction of
the above argument by its number, and cast doubt on it using one of the
techniques (which you should also mention by name) discussed in chapter 4 of the
C&P text.
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