On the Nature and Existence of God (Cambridge Philosophy Classics)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Reissue, 1/9/2016
EAN 9781316507100, ISBN10: 1316507106
Paperback, 350 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm
Language: English
First published in 1991, Richard M. Gale's classic book is a response to and critique of new, contemporary arguments for the existence of God from analytical philosophers. Considering concepts including time, free will, personhood, actuality and the objectivity of experience, Gale evaluates the new versions of cosmological, ontological, pragmatic and religious experience arguments that emerged in the late-twentieth century. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery, and including a specially commissioned preface written by Paul K. Moser, illuminating its enduring importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this influential work has been revived for a new generation of readers.
Preface to this edition Paul K. Moser
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.