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God / W. Jay Wood.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Central problems of philosophyPublication details: Durham : Acumen, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (250 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781844654796
  • 1844654796
  • 9781317491903
  • 1317491904
  • 1315711427
  • 9781315711423
  • 1280120096
  • 9781280120091
  • 9786613523990
  • 6613523992
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification:
  • 212.1 22
LOC classification:
  • BT102 .W66 2011eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Design arguments -- 2. Cosmological arguments -- 3. The ontological argument -- 4. The moral argument for God's existence -- 5. Religious experience and cumulative case arguments -- 6. Religious belief without evidence -- 7. The problem of suffering -- 8. The nature of God -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book explores two foundational questions about God: are there adequate reasons to think that God exists and if God exists, what is God like. The first and main question of the book takes up epistemological concerns, focusing on arguments for and against the claim that theism is rationally justifiable. Metaphysical questions about God's nature, in particular God's knowledge and power, comprise the second part of the volume. These two questions are related since, if the concept of a God perfect in wisdom, power and goodness is incoherent, it cannot be reasonable to believe that God exists. By exploring these foundational questions about God, readers will be able, and I hope eager, to tackle more specialized and complex questions in the philosophy of religion.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)924343

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-245) and index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Design arguments -- 2. Cosmological arguments -- 3. The ontological argument -- 4. The moral argument for God's existence -- 5. Religious experience and cumulative case arguments -- 6. Religious belief without evidence -- 7. The problem of suffering -- 8. The nature of God -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book explores two foundational questions about God: are there adequate reasons to think that God exists and if God exists, what is God like. The first and main question of the book takes up epistemological concerns, focusing on arguments for and against the claim that theism is rationally justifiable. Metaphysical questions about God's nature, in particular God's knowledge and power, comprise the second part of the volume. These two questions are related since, if the concept of a God perfect in wisdom, power and goodness is incoherent, it cannot be reasonable to believe that God exists. By exploring these foundational questions about God, readers will be able, and I hope eager, to tackle more specialized and complex questions in the philosophy of religion.

English.