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David L. Paulsen

1 speech between 1999 and 1999, mostly as BYU faculty. 5,093 words in the transcripts.

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Speeches

1999

Words

5,093

in the transcripts

Reading grade

11.5

Flesch–Kincaid, average

Scriptures cited

9.0 per speech

Callings

BYU faculty

1 speeches

Leadership record

—

not a General Authority or officer on record

Signature phrases

Words and two-word phrases this speaker uses far more than the rest of the corpus, by weighted log-odds. Stop words, names of deity and the ordinary vocabulary of a sermon are excluded.

evil 49
problem 31
logical 10
absolute 14
omnipotence 6
moral 16
creation 14
christian 14
contradiction 5
joseph 30
affirm 5
god’s 19

Scriptures cited most

Doctrine and Covenants5
2 Nephi2
John1
Acts1

Callings when speaking

BYU faculty 1

As given in the bylines: Professor of Philosophy

Every speech

21 Sep 1999Joseph Smith and the Problem of EvilProfessor of Philosophy · Forum5,093 w9 refs

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