The next session of the Logica Universalis Webinar will be this coming Wednesday April 22, 2026, 4pm CET (Paris, Geneva, Rome) >------------------------------------------------ Speakers: Fábio Bertato, University of Campinas, Brazil https://www.cle.unicamp.br/cle/pt-br/fabio-bertato and Gesiel da Silva, University of Missouri, USA https://philpeople.org/profiles/gesiel-da-silva Title: Can God be All-Good, All-Knowing, and All-Controlling? A New Solution to the Logical Problem of Evil Abstract: The logical problem of evil challenges the coherence of classical theism by asserting an incompatibility between the existence of evil and the divine attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, and omnibenevolence. In this paper, we present a novel resolution through a formal framework. We begin by demonstrating the incompatibility between divine omnibenevolence and religious determinism, concluding that determinism must be rejected to preserve the coherence of theistic belief. We then construct a first-order theory (LdM) that formalizes the divine attributes and the classification of situations as good or evil. A set-theoretical interpretation of LdM confirms its consistency, neutralizing the logical problem of evil as traditionally framed. Extending this framework to LdM*, we introduce distinctions among God’s deliberate, desired, and permissive wills, along with a broader understanding of divine knowledge, encompassing both actual and possible states of affairs. Our expanded theory affirms the logical consistency of the God of classical theism as All-Good, All-Knowing, and All-Controlling, reconciling divine attributes with the presence of evil in the world. This approach allows us to offer a robust logical theodicy, addressing a fundamental philosophical challenge while respecting moral freedom.
Associate Organization CLE-UNICAMP, Centre of Logic, University of Campinas, Brazil presented by its current coordinator Marcelo Coniglio https://www.cle.unicamp.br/prof/coniglio/ Chair: Itala D'Ottaviano, editorial board LU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itala_D%27Ottaviano Everybody is welcome to attend, register here https://cassyni.com/s/logica-universalis Jean-Yves Beziau Founder and organizer of the Logica Universalis Webinar Editor-in-Chief Logica Universalis https://philpeople.org/profiles/jean-yves-beziau -- LOGICA-L Lista acadêmica brasileira dos profissionais e estudantes da área de Lógica <[email protected]> --- Você está recebendo esta mensagem porque se inscreveu no grupo "LOGICA-L" dos Grupos do Google. Para cancelar inscrição nesse grupo e parar de receber e-mails dele, envie um e-mail para [email protected]. Para ver esta conversa, acesse https://groups.google.com/a/dimap.ufrn.br/d/msgid/logica-l/CAF2zFLA9NVySbr6ew8O1n0k2O0zkHvRFuF08cZsfEPmbUc7Egg%40mail.gmail.com.
