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Max Baker-Hytch

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About Max Baker-Hytch

Max Baker-Hytch is a philosopher whose research examines religious belief and the justification of knowledge. His work explores divine hiddenness, ambiguous evidence, and what the origins of a belief tell us about its reliability.

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Published debate record

3 eligible one-on-one scorecards. Average published score: 83/100. Scores describe these debates, not the person's overall ability or worth.

Alex O'Connor vs Max Baker-Hytch: The Argument for God From Reason · 2020

Baker-Hytch argues rationality and consciousness favor fundamental mentality, while O'Connor defends evolutionary, physical realization and challenges the proposed comparative advantage.

Max Baker-Hytch: 84 · Alex O'Connor: 82. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.

Divine Hiddenness and Evidential Ambiguity: Julian Baggini vs. Max Baker-Hytch · 2025

Baker-Hytch narrowly prevailed by probabilistically integrating hiddenness with relational and cumulative evidence, while Baggini pressed cultural contingency, geographic luck, and experiential mediation.

Julian Baggini: 80 · Max Baker-Hytch: 82. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.

Alex O'Connor vs Max Baker-Hytch: Could God Be Evil? · 2021

O'Connor narrowly leads through character-focused objections and reciprocal creation motives, while Baker-Hytch excels at scope distinctions and qualifies the final mixed-world comparison.

Alex O'Connor: 84 · Max Baker-Hytch: 83. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.