Author: William L. CraigPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1579107877
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
The Cosmological Argument from Plato to Leibniz
Author: William L. CraigPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1579107877
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
The Cosmological Argument from Plato to Leibniz
Author: William CraigA Critical Assessment of Contemporary Cosmological Arguments
Author: Emanuel RuttenPublisher:
ISBN: 9081960806
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Ever since Plato, philosophers have developed rational arguments for the existence of God. In the last decades the philosophical interest in these arguments has grown again significantly. In this book cosmological arguments are investigated. A cosmological argument derives the existence of God from the fact that there exist caused things. In the first part of this book the author argues that these arguments show that it is plausible that the cosmos was brought about by a necessarily existing conscious, free being. However, as is shown as well, it does not follow that this being is also the first cause of the whole of reality, something typically said of God. In the second part of the book a new argument for the existence of a first cause is presented, based on the premises of atomism and causalism. Subsequently, the author proposes a new modal-epistemic argument for the existence of a conscious, free being who is the first cause of reality. Objections to both new arguments are evaluated and refuted. The book concludes with the observation that these arguments can be combined with cosmological arguments in order to arrive at a renewed case for theism.
The Cosmological Argument for the Existence of God: Traditional Arguments, Criticisms, and New Directions
Author: Timothy Gordon DminPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781795662345
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
This book defines the cosmological argument and a brief overview of the history of the history of the argument is examined. The three traditional forms of the argument are reviewed with the Thomist, kalām, and Leibniz-Clarke versions as representative of those forms. In the main body of this work, ten criticisms of the argument are briefly surveyed followed by an overview of nine contemporary versions of the argument with the purpose of reworking and reframing it. Eight of those new versions are theistic and one is an atheistic form of the argument. The criticisms and new forms of the argument are not exhaustive but rather are a representative cross-section of the work that has been done on the cosmological argument. The conclusion reviews some recent cosmological and astrophysical discoveries of the last century that have strengthened the argument. Finally, the importance of the cosmological argument and future challenges for theists to improve and strengthen the argument are made.
Cosmological Arguments
Author: Michael AlmeidaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108456920
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The book discusses the structure, content, and evaluation of cosmological arguments. The introductory chapter investigates features essential to cosmological arguments. Traditionally, cosmological arguments are distinguished by their appeal to change, causation, contingency or objective becoming in the world. But none of these is in fact essential to the formulation of cosmological arguments. Chapters I - III present a critical discussion of traditional Thomistic, Kalam, and Leibnizian cosmological arguments, noting various advantages and disadvantages of these approaches. Chapter IV offers an entirely new approach to the cosmological argument-the approach of theistic modal realism. The proper explananda of cosmological arguments on this approach is not change, causation, contingency or objective becoming in the world. The proper explananda is the totality of metaphysical reality-all actualia and all possibilia. The result is the most compelling and least objectionable version of the cosmological argument.
The Principle of Sufficient Reason
Author: Alexander R. PrussPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139455095
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
The Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) says that all contingent facts must have explanation. In this 2006 volume, which was the first on the topic in the English language in nearly half a century, Alexander Pruss examines the substantive philosophical issues raised by the Principle Reason. Discussing various forms of the PSR and selected historical episodes, from Parmenides, Leibnez, and Hume, Pruss defends the claim that every true contingent proposition must have an explanation against major objections, including Hume's imaginability argument and Peter van Inwagen's argument that the PSR entails modal fatalism. Pruss also provides a number of positive arguments for the PSR, based on considerations as different as the metaphysics of existence, counterfactuals and modality, negative explanations, and the everyday applicability of the PSR. Moreover, Pruss shows how the PSR would advance the discussion in a number of disparate fields, including meta-ethics and the philosophy of mathematics.
The Cambridge Companion to Leibniz
Author: Nicholas JolleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521367691
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
The most comprehensive account of the full range of Leibniz's thought.
The Ultimate Why Question
Author: John F. WippelPublisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 0813218632
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This volume gathers studies by prominent scholars and philosophers about the question how have major figures from the history of philosophy, and some contemporary philosophers, addressed "the ultimate why question": why is there anything at all rather than nothing whatsoever?
Logic and Theism
Author: Jordan Howard SobelPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139449982
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
This is a wide-ranging 2004 book about arguments for and against beliefs in God. This book will be a valuable resource for philosophers of religion and theologians and will interest logicians and mathematicians as well.
The Son Rises
Author: William L. CraigPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1579104649
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Is the Christian message of Jesus Christ and his resurrection true? Using ten lines of historical evidence, Dr. Craig defends the probability that Jesus was resurrected following his crucifixion. He examines the origin of the Christian movement, and more provocative subjects, such as the Shroud of Turin, parapsychological phenomena and hallucinations.