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Antony Flew is one of the most devout names of philosophical atheism. He spent almost all his life in defense of atheism. On the other hand he was distinguished from his fellow atheists by so-called dramatic shift that ensued in his philosophy. He who had committed all his philosophical efforts to the denial of the existence of God due to insufficient evidence has gave up his claim by the same token. Flew has believed that justification of any claim, idea or belief was possible only with its rationality and demonstrability and worked within this framework. He thus stated that this principle has also shaped opposing intellectual processes that he underwent in regard to God. As a consequence of this argument, he has been targeted numerous critiques both negative and positive. Flew has amplified upon this transition with justifying reasons in his “There is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed his Mind”, the book that put him on the spot. (The book is also translated into Turkish) The chief purpose of this article is to trace this transformation and analyze its motives in a critical manner.

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