Atheism and Theism
Blackwell Publishers (Verlag)
9780631192916 (ISBN)
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The issue of whether or not there is a God is one of the oldest and most widely disputed philosophical questions. "Where did the universe come from?", "what explains the apparent order of nature?" These and other puzzles have led to the development of two kinds of metaphysics: on the one hand that which posits an ultimate creative cause beyond the material universe; and on the other that which seeks for explanations within nature and denies that there is the need for, or even the possibility of, a supernatural order. The debate between atheism and theism spreads far across the range of philosophical questions about the status of science, the nature of mind, the character of good and evil and the epistemology of experience and testimony. In this book two philosophers each committed to unambiguous versions of belief and disbelief debate the central issues of atheism and theism.
Part 1 Atheism and theism, J.C.C. Smart: theism, spirituality and science; the new teleology and the old; pantheism; fine tuning and the anthropic cosmological principle; the argument from the appearance of design; God as an ethical principle; the argument from contingency; the argument from religious experience; Pascal's wager; miracles; higher criticism of the New Testament; the problem of evil; historical theism and metaphysical theism. Part 2 Atheism and theism, J.J. Haldane: theism and science; some varieties of explanation; "old" teleology' "new" teleology; the cause of things; God and the world; God, good and evil; liberty and providence; theism - philosophical and religious. Part 3 Reply to Haldane, J.J.C. Smart; methodology; representation and intentionality; consciousness; chicken and egg; eternity and sempiternity; theism and the problem of evil. Part 4 Reply to Smart, J.J. Haldane: methodology; the existence of God; metaphysical matter; reason, faith and revelation; a religious conclusion; afterword - J.J.C. Smart and J.J. Haldane.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.9.1996 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Great Debates in Philosophy |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 line drawing, 1 cartoon, bibliography |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie |
| ISBN-13 | 9780631192916 / 9780631192916 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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