| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 449 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-443) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
God -- Proof.
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God -- Proof. |
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Religion -- Philosophy.
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Religion -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Oppy, Graham Robert. Arguing about gods. New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2005037369 |
| ISBN |
9780511244841 (electronic book) |
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0511244843 (electronic book) |
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9780511246999 (electronic book) |
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0511246994 (electronic book) |
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9780511245596 (electronic book) |
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0511245599 (electronic book) |
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0511246323 (electronic book) |
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9780511246326 (electronic book) |
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9780521863865 (print) |
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0521863864 (print) |
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