On the Nature and Existence of God

Richard M. Gale (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

436 Seiten

1993
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-45723-1 (ISBN)

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There has been in recent years a plethora of defences of theism from analytical philosophers: Richard Gale's important book is a critical response to these writings. In considering arguments for and against the existence of God, Gale is able to clarify many important philosophical concepts including exploration, time, free will and personhood.

There has been in recent years a plethora of defences of theism from analytical philosophers: 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. 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.

Acknowledgements; 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 arguments; 9. Pragmatic arguments; Notes; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.7.1993
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	640 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	0-521-45723-8 / 0521457238
ISBN-13	978-0-521-45723-1 / 9780521457231
Zustand	Neuware