Belief in God answers two questions: What, if anything, is it that Jews, Christians, and Muslims are agreeing about when they join in claiming that there is a God? and What, if any, prospects are there for rationally defending or attacking this claim? A highly accessible and engaging introduction to the philosophy of religion, this book offers full coverage of the key issues, from ideas about God's nature and character to arguments for and against his existence. Author T. J. Mawson makes striking new claims and defends or attacks established positions in original ways. His conversational style, lively wit, and enlightening examples make Belief in God simultaneously instructive, thought-provoking, and enjoyable to read.
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"Anyone working in the analytical tradition of philosophy of religion, at any level, would find something of interest in the book: both as teaching material (I know from experience how much students enjoy some of the thought experiments), and as a contribution in its own right."--Philosophy
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T. J. Mawson is at St Peter's College, University of Oxford.
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I really enjoyed Mawson's book. I think is well written and organized, with clear explanations (most of it). The examples from the book; although some of them far-fetched; are very illustrative and funny, which in my view, contributes to the learning process.On the down side, I would suggest to incorporate the Argument from Moral Experience and to develop a new approach to the evil problem, which I found not as clear as other parts of the book,
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This book is actually very interesting, Mawson sets out different views on God's existence and being. I thought this book was a beginners book because I bought it for a course, it is a bit hard to understand and I think there might be simpler beginner books on the topic. It is a good read all around, it will take a few rereads to fully understand what is being said for those who are totally knew to philosophy.
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cosmological argument, priori argument, infinitely variable universes, bodge things, inductively sound argument, irreligious experience, deductively sound argument, more obviously correct, cumulative case argument, exterior evidence, atemporal view, subjective laws, future free actions, subjective rules, determinate experience, theistic hypothesis, joint best, most perfect person, first needing, collective testimony, bruised fingers, universes hypothesis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Concept of God, Ontological Argument, Principle of Sufficient Reason, Offerer of Eternal Life, Reports of Apparent Miracles, Religious Experience, Problem of Evil, Alpha Centauri, Big Bang, Principle of Credulity, Last Judgement, Other People's Testimonies, Country of the Blind, Bayes's Theorem, Testimony of Others, Illegality Inhibitor, Creator of the World, Creator of Value, David Hume, The Beatific Vision, Natural Selection, Practical Tiddlywinker, Theory of Evolution, Sunday School Browse Sample Pages:
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cosmological argument, priori argument, infinitely variable universes, bodge things, inductively sound argument, irreligious experience, deductively sound argument, more obviously correct, cumulative case argument, exterior evidence, atemporal view, subjective laws, future free actions, subjective rules, determinate experience, theistic hypothesis, joint best, most perfect person, first needing, collective testimony, bruised fingers, universes hypothesis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Concept of God, Ontological Argument, Principle of Sufficient Reason, Offerer of Eternal Life, Reports of Apparent Miracles, Religious Experience, Problem of Evil, Alpha Centauri, Big Bang, Principle of Credulity, Last Judgement, Other People's Testimonies, Country of the Blind, Bayes's Theorem, Testimony of Others, Illegality Inhibitor, Creator of the World, Creator of Value, David Hume, The Beatific Vision, Natural Selection, Practical Tiddlywinker, Theory of Evolution, Sunday School Browse Sample Pages:
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