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Mats Wahlberg critiques evolutionary theodicies in part because they often fail to convincingly demonstrate the necessity of an evolutionary process for achieving the intended goals attributed to God. Specifically, Wahlberg criticizes the reliance on type-values, which pertain to general categories or kinds of goods, arguing that evolutionary theodicies do not adequately justify why these kinds of goods require an evolutionary process to be realized, as opposed to other possible means.

In evolutionary theodicies, type-values are contrasted with token-values, which refer to specific instances of goods. Wahlberg's critique is that the evolutionary process may not be the sole or even the most plausible method for achieving the desired type-values, thus questioning the overall coherence and necessity of evolutionary theodicies.

For more detailed exploration, you can refer to these sources:

• “Evolutionary Theodicy and the Type-Token Distinction: A Reply to Eikrem and Søvik” on Academia.edu
• Evolutionary Theodicies – an Attempt to Overcome Some Impasses (PDF)