| Description |
viii, 422 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- Part I. Atheological Arguments: 1. Atheology and the nature of God 2. The creation-immutability argument -- 3. The omniscience-immutability argument -- 4. The deductive argument from evil -- 5. The argument from world-relative actuality -- Part II. Theological Arguments: 6. Ontological arguments -- 7. Cosmological arguments -- 8. Religious experience argments -- 9. Pragmatic arguments -- Notes |
| Summary |
There has been in recent years a plethora of defenses of theism from analytical philosophers such as Plantinga, Swinburne, and Alston. Richard Gale's important book is a critical response to these writings. New versions of cosmological, ontological, and religious experience arguments are critically evaluated, along with pragmatic arguments to justify faith on the grounds of its prudential or moral benefits. A special feature of the book is the discussion of the atheological argument that attempts to deduce a contradiction from the theist's way of conceiving of God's nature. In considering arguments for and against the existence of God, Gale is able to clarify many important philosophical concepts including exploration, time, free will, personhood, actuality, and the objectivity of experience |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-417) and index |
| Subject |
Belief and doubt.
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Faith.
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God -- Attributes.
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God -- Proof.
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Philosophical theology.
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| LC no. |
90019368 |
| ISBN |
0521403006 |
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0521457238 (paperback) |
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