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Michael Tooley

Michael Tooley's Slugfester profile includes score averages, opponents faced, topic performance, and linked debate scorecards.

Background

About Michael Tooley

Michael Tooley is a philosopher and professor emeritus at the University of Colorado Boulder. His work spans metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and philosophy of religion, including causation, the justification of induction, and arguments concerning evil and religious belief.

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Published debate record

2 eligible one-on-one scorecards. Average published score: 81.5/100. Scores describe these debates, not the person's overall ability or worth.

William Lane Craig vs Michael Tooley — Is God Real? · 2010

Craig’s cumulative theistic case confronts Tooley’s probabilistic evil argument, with moral perfection and inductive method ultimately deciding a narrowly stronger con case.

William Lane Craig: 77 · Michael Tooley: 80. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.

John Lennox vs Michael Tooley — Atheism and Christianity · 2013

Tooley wins by separating atheism from anti-Christian critique and pressing evil and prophecy; Lennox offers strong compatibility replies but leaves key positive warrants underdeveloped.

John Lennox: 73 · Michael Tooley: 83. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.