| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 449 pages) |
| Contents |
Preliminary considerations -- Arguments about the existence of monotheistic gods -- Arguements -- Some considerations about agnosticism -- Parallel cases for 'alternative' deities -- Ontological arguments -- My 'general objection' reconsidered -- Mereological ontological arguments -- Gödel's ontological argument -- On that than which no worse can be conceived -- Concluding remarks -- Cosmological arguments -- Some initial considerations -- Aquinas' first three ways -- Descartes' causal argument -- Leibniz's argument -- Meyer and the axiom of choice -- Koons and contingency -- Gale, Pruss, and 'weak' sufficient reason -- Craig and the Kalām arguments -- Smith's atheological cosmological arguments -- Teleological arguments -- Biological design : Paley -- Biological design : Behe -- Cosmic fine-tuning -- Hume's criticisms of arguments for design -- Concluding remarks -- Pascal's wager -- The argument -- Some objections to the argument -- Objections involving infinity -- Modified wagers -- Concluding remarks -- Arguments from evil -- Preliminary considerations -- 'Logical' arguments from evil -- Evidential arguments from evil / co-written with Michael J. Almeida -- The problem of heaven / co-written with Yujin Nagasawa and Nick Trakakis -- Concluding remarks -- Other arguments -- Arguments from authority -- Arguments from religious experience -- Arguments from morality -- Arguments from miracles -- Arguments from consciousness -- Arguments from puzzling phenomena -- Concluding remarks -- Clifford -- James -- Concluding remarks |
| Summary |
Examines contemporary arguments for and against the existence of God with conclusions supported by detailed analyses of contemporary arguments, as well as by the development of a theory about the purpose of arguments, and the criteria that should be used in judging whether or not an argument is successful |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-443) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
God -- Proof.
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Religion -- Philosophy.
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RELIGION -- General.
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God -- Proof
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Religion -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511244841 |
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0511244843 |
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9780511246999 |
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0511246994 |
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9780511245596 |
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0511245599 |
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0511246323 |
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9780511246326 |
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9780511498978 |
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0511498977 |
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9780521122641 |
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0521122643 |
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