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God, Freedom, and Immortality: A Critical Analysis

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As the title suggests, Antony Flew's _God, Freedom, and Immortality_ is a collection of independent essays on God, freedom, and immortality. Some of the essays -- esp. the essays on "The Presumption of Atheism" and "The Principle of Agnosticism" -- are quite good. Others, however, wear their date on their face. His essay on "What are Cosmological Arguments?" does not even reference the kalam cosmological argument, which has become quite popular with theists since the writing of Flew's book. And his chapter on the free will defense defends the so-called 'logical' problem of evil by arguing for compatibilism, at the expense of neglecting the less controversial 'evidential' problem of evil. -- Jeffery Jay Lowder

A collection of independent essays by the reknown and well-respected philosopher Antony Flew on God, freedom, and immortality. The essays on "The Presumption of Atheism" and "The Principle of Agnosticism" are especially good.

Although Antony Flew has long been one of my favorite philosophers, this volume was disappointing. He does draw some useful clarifications and definitions, but too often the arguments are non-decisive or obscure.