Arguing about gods
Graham Oppy
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Arguing about gods / Graham OppyPublication Details
نیویورک : Cambridge University Press، 2006مPhysical Description
xix, 449 p.; 24 cm.Subject
God ProofLanguage
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 724-344( 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 -- Godel'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 Kalam 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