The Atheist's Primer
Autor Malcolm Murrayen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 apr 2010
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781551119625
ISBN-10: 1551119625
Pagini: 276
Dimensiuni: 229 x 152 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: BROADVIEW PR
Colecția Broadview Press
Locul publicării:Peterborough, Canada
ISBN-10: 1551119625
Pagini: 276
Dimensiuni: 229 x 152 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: BROADVIEW PR
Colecția Broadview Press
Locul publicării:Peterborough, Canada
Recenzii
The Athiest’s Primer is a concise but wide-ranging introduction to a variety of arguments, concepts, and issues pertaining to belief in God. In lucid and engaging prose, Malcom Murray offers a penetrating yet fair-minded critique of the traditional arguments for the existence of God. He then explores a number of other important issues relevant to religious belief, such as the problem of suffering and the relationship between religion and morality, in each case arguing that atheism is preferable to theism. The book will appeal to both students and professionals in the philosophy of religion, as well as general audiences interested in the topic.
“This book is excellent. Well-written, masterfully concise, easy to follow, and correct in nearly every detail, with an occasional hint of intellectual humor on almost every page. Well-sourced, with helpful notes and up-to-date citations of scholarship, Murray takes on not just conservative theism, but knocks down all the leading props of liberal theism, too. Though not attempting to be comprehensive, Murray nails the core basics, making it the ideal place to start for anyone considering the God question. Theists will be deeply troubled by it. Atheists will find in it new arguments, and new ways to phrase old ones. And for anyone on the fence, it’s a must-read.” — Dr. Richard Carrier, author of Sense and Goodness without God
“This book is excellent. Well-written, masterfully concise, easy to follow, and correct in nearly every detail, with an occasional hint of intellectual humor on almost every page. Well-sourced, with helpful notes and up-to-date citations of scholarship, Murray takes on not just conservative theism, but knocks down all the leading props of liberal theism, too. Though not attempting to be comprehensive, Murray nails the core basics, making it the ideal place to start for anyone considering the God question. Theists will be deeply troubled by it. Atheists will find in it new arguments, and new ways to phrase old ones. And for anyone on the fence, it’s a must-read.” — Dr. Richard Carrier, author of Sense and Goodness without God
Cuprins
Acknowledgements
Preface
PART 1. PRELIMINARIES
Chapter 1: Why Not Agnosticism?
Chapter 5: Ontologic Illogic
Chapter 10: The Problem of Suffering
Chapter 15: Faith and Reason
Chapter 21: Mysticism
Bibliography
Author Index
Preface
PART 1. PRELIMINARIES
Chapter 1: Why Not Agnosticism?
- Proving Non-Existence
The Burden of Proof
Fallibilism
The Common Sense View
Is Atheism Itself a Metaphysical Belief?
Summary
- Kidneys and Hearts
What Is God?
Magenta and Pink
Tolerable Misdescriptions
Life Force
The Argument from Experience
Our Natural Being
The Point
- Religious Atheism
Spirit
The Backdoor God
Conclusion
- Inconsistencies
Improbabilities
Ignored Dictums
Partial Literalism
Metaphorical Reading
Ricœur and Company
Chapter 5: Ontologic Illogic
- A Priori and A Posteriori Arguments
The Ontological Argument
Null Sets and Hypotheticals
Barretteless and Imaginary Dolls
Necessary Existence
Summary
- The Cosmological Argument
Inconsistency
Infinity
The Kala‾m Argument
Necessary Beings
Best Explanation
Conclusion
- The Design Argument
The Appeal
The Evolutionary Account
Chance and Fruit Flies
Intelligent Design?
- The Design Argument (Again)
Fine Tuning and Biogenesis
Analogical Argument Structure
Watches and Astrolabes
Summary
- Aquinas’s Version
Kant’s Version
Summary
Chapter 10: The Problem of Suffering
- Inscrutability
Free Will
Eschatological Recompense
Moral Fortitude
Summary
- The Paradox of the Stone
No Impossible Powers
Two Impossible Acts Are Easier Than One
Mortal Comprehension
- The Basic Problem
Weakening Knowledge
Out of Time
Different Necessities
Other Worlds
Summary
- Problems with Immutability
Anthropomorphizing
Time Revisited
Summary
- Different Kinds of Love
Chapter 15: Faith and Reason
- God Is Special
Secular Faiths
Conclusion
- Kierkegaardian Fideism
Wittgensteinian Fideism
- Ontological, Not Cosmological
Three Ambiguities
The Problem
- A Monkey in a Box?
Summary
- Two Problems
Defending Pascal
- Flew’s Garden
Not Logical Positivism
Falsification and Verification
Objections
Replies
Summary
Chapter 21: Mysticism
- Common Components
Content
Method
Self-Confirming
Judging by the Effects
Conclusion
- Moral Principles
The Euthyphro Argument
Innate Morality?
Sin and Moral Intuition
Strategic Interaction
Conclusion
- The Problem of Nihilism
Reductio Ad Absurdum
The Argument from Consistency
The Non Sequitur
Death
Rephrasing the Question
- Platonic Arguments
Ghosts in the Machine
Brain Damage
Near-Death Experiences
The Identity Argument
Summary
- Religion’s Success
Psychological and Sociological Accounts
The Evolution of Belief
Conclusion?
Bibliography
Author Index