Since so many people are constantly trying to find sufficient evidence for the existence of God, but fail to attain that evidence, though they are not at fault, the issue of divine hiddenness takes form. Some contemporary philosophers have conducted investigations on this issue by various means, but the philosopher who first took steps to investigate this issue more comprehensively is the Canadian philosopher J.L. Schellenberg. In 2015, he proposed the argument for divine hiddenness in his book The Hiddenness Argument and presented it as a counterargument in favor of atheism. This argument claims that if there was a God, he should have provided sufficient evidence and reason supporting this belief at least for those in search of him, but this is not the case and thus, God does not exist. The aim of this paper, in addition to explaining Schellenberg's argument for divine hiddenness, will be to examine the view of Michael Rea, an American philosopher of religion, on this issue.
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Soleymani M., Rasoulipour R. (2025). 'Michael Rea's Viewpoint on Schellenberg's Divine Hiddenness Argument', Philosophical Thought, 4(3), pp. 265-279. doi: 10.58209/jpt.4.3.265
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M. Soleymani and R. Rasoulipour, "Michael Rea's Viewpoint on Schellenberg's Divine Hiddenness Argument," Philosophical Thought, 4 3 (2025): 265-279, doi: 10.58209/jpt.4.3.265
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Soleymani M., Rasoulipour R. Michael Rea's Viewpoint on Schellenberg's Divine Hiddenness Argument. Philosophical Thought, 2025; 4(3): 265-279. doi: 10.58209/jpt.4.3.265
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