Michael Palmer

The Question of God

An Introduction and Sourcebook

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Produktbeschreibung

This invaluable text introduces the six great arguments for the existence of God. It requires no specialist knowledge of philosophy and includes a wealth of primary sources from classic and contemporary texts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 189mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 730g
• ISBN-13: 9780415223874
• ISBN-10: 0415223873
• Artikelnr.: 22381123

Autorenporträt

Michael Palmer is a widely read author whose Moral Problems (Lutterworth Press, 1991) is a core text in schools and colleges. He has taught at Marlborough College and Bristol University and was Head of the Religion and Philosophy Department at Manchester Grammar School. He was formerly a Teaching Fellow at McMaster University and Humboldt Fellow at Marburg University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
Introduction: a priori and a posteriori arguments
Anselm's argument: stage
Anselm's argument: stage
Descartes' ontological argument
The two stages of the argument: a summary
Kant's criticism of the ontological argument (first stage)
Kant's criticism of the ontological argument (second stage)
The ontological argument revisited: Findlay and Malcolm
Karl Barth: a theological interpretation
Conclusion 1 Anselm: The ontological argument 2 Haight: An ontological argument for the Devil 3 Descartes: The supremely perfect being 4 Kant: The impossibility of an ontological proof 5 Findlay: Disproof of God's existence 6 Malcolm: Anselm's second ontological proof 7 Hick: Necessary being