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    It is not the case that It is surprising that discussions of the argument from evil have not centered mainly upon concrete formulations.

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    • 1.Abstract formulations of the argument from evil are methodologically prior, as they isolate the logical structure from contingent empirical disputes.
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    • 2.Philosophers like Mackie and Pike deliberately chose abstract formulations to test whether theism is internally inconsistent, independent of any specific evil.
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    • 3.A logically valid abstract refutation of theism is more philosophically decisive than any accumulation of concrete cases, which a theist can always explain away individually.
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    • 1.The evidential turn initiated by Rowe in 1979 did substantially center discussion on concrete cases like the fawn dying in a forest fire, falsifying the claim historically.
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    • 2.Subsequent literature by Wykstra, Draper, and Swinburne explicitly engages with particular categories of suffering, showing the field did shift toward concrete formulations.
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    • 1.Some authors seem to focus almost exclusively upon very abstract versions of the argument.
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    • 2.Given the obvious nature of the preceding observations, one would have expected discussions to center on concrete formulations.
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