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How to Evaluate the Best Explanation
Philosopher C. Behan McCullagh provides the following approach to evaluate and compare multiple competing explanations that try to account for a given set of facts. This method will turn out to be crucial in evaluating what explanation accounts best for the minimal historical facts pertaining Jesus’ resurrection. At page 19 of the book “Justifying Historical…
How Is a Fact Deemed Historical
In our previous article “Introducing the Structure of the Historical Argument for the Resurrection of Jesus” we briefly saw the minimal facts from which historians start to discuss what happened to Jesus after his death and how these same historians try to provide viable explanations in light of these facts. Lets now see what are…
Introduction to the Structure of the Historical Argument for the Resurrection of Jesus
So, how is the issue of Jesus’ resurrection approached by modern Christian apologists? The argument for the Resurrection as normally presented stands on several historical facts that are so well historically attested to be considered by the majority of historians to have occurred beyond a reasonable doubt[1]. These facts are certain episodes concerning Jesus and…
Preliminary Considerations on the Evidentialist Approach to the Resurrection of Jesus
Before starting to talk about how it can be proven that Jesus Christ truly rose from the dead, I believe it is necessary to make some preliminary remarks so that the non-acquainted reader will subsequently fully appreciate the power and the importance of showing how Jesus, from a historical point of view, truly rose from…
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