Ontological arguments / edited by Graham Oppy, Monash University.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oppy, Graham, 1960- editor.

Series:

Classic philosophical arguments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God--Proof, Ontological.

God.

Physical Description:

viii, 284 pages ; 26 cm.

Edition:

1 [edition].

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Ontological arguments are one of the main classes of arguments for the existence of God, and have been influential from the Middle Ages right up until our own time. This accessible volume offers a comprehensive survey and assessment of them starting with a sequence of chapters charting their history - from Anselm and Aquinas, via Descartes, Leibniz, Kant and Hegel, to Goedel, Plantinga, Lewis and Tichy. This is followed by chapters on the most important topics to have emerged in the discussion of ontological arguments: the relationship between conceivability and possibility, the charge that ontological arguments beg the question, and the nature of existence. The volume as a whole shows clearly how these arguments emerged and developed, how we should think about them, and why they remain important today.

Contents:

Introduction : ontological arguments in focus / Graham Oppy

Anselm / Peter Millican

Aquinas / Brian Leftow

Descartes / Lawrence Nolan

Leibniz / Maria Rosa Antognazza

Kant / Lawrence Pasternack

Hegel / Michael Inwood

Gödel / Alexander Pruss

Lewis / Michael J. Almeida

Plantinga / Joshua Rasmussen

Tichý / Graham Oddie

Conceivability and possibility / Joshua Spencer

Begging the question / Peter van Inwagen

Characterisation, existence and necessity / Graham Priest.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781107123632

1107123631

9781107559127

110755912X

OCLC:

1039920333

Publisher Number:

99979273409