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    If suffering's challenge to theodicy depends on a particu... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Suffering raises the problem of evil for each individual in a way that mere argument cannot.

    If suffering's challenge to theodicy depends on a particular unreflective phenomenological response, then the problem it raises is contingent on philosophical immaturity rather than intrinsic to the experience itself.

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    Intrinsic(describing the kind of continuities that ground identity)
    Something that belongs to or is part of something by its very nature, rather than coming from outside or being relational.
    Suffering(Buddhist soteriology)
    The non-satisfaction of desire
    Unreflective(describing musical practice that lacks philosophical depth)
    Done without thinking critically or examining what you're doing; just going through the motions without understanding the deeper meaning.
    contingent(De Interpretatione 12–13)
    Equated with 'possible'; on the two-sided interpretation, contingency excludes necessity (possibility implies non-necessity).
    phenomenological response(as used in philosophy of mind and experience)

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    How something actually feels or appears to us based on our lived experience, rather than what we think about it intellectually.
    philosophical immaturity(as used in philosophy)
    A lack of sophisticated thinking or reflective ability; not yet having developed deep understanding through careful thought.
    theodicy(Central concern of Plutarch's era)
    The philosophical problem of reconciling the existence of evil and unpunished wrongdoing with the existence and goodness of divine providence.

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