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The Greatest Possible Being
Author | : Jeff Speaks |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2018-09-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780192561497 |
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What can we know about God by reason alone? Philosophical theology is the attempt to obtain such knowledge. An ancient tradition, which is perhaps more influential now than ever, tries to derive the attributes of God from the principle that God is the greatest possible being. Jeff Speaks argues that that constructive project is a failure. He also argues that the related view that the concept of God is the concept of a greatest possible being is a mistake. In the last chapter, he sketches an alternative path forward.
Perfect Being Theology
Author | : Katherin A Rogers |
Publsiher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2019-08-07 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781474472159 |
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That being than which a greater cannot be conceived.' This was the way in which the living God of biblical tradition was described by the great Medieval philosophers such as Augustine, Anselm and Aquinas.Contemporary philosophers find much to question, criticise and reject in the traditional analysis of that description. Some hold that the attributes traditionally ascribed to God - simplicity, necessity, immutability, eternity, omniscience, omnipotence, creativity and goodness - are inherently incoherent individually, or mutually inconsistent. Others argue that the divinity described by philosophers cannot be the same as the providential God of revelation.In Perfect Being Theology Katherin A. Rogers defends the traditional approach, considering contemporary criticisms but concluding that the most adequate account of the nature of God should build upon the foundation laid by the Medieval philosophers.Written in a lively and accessible style and offering an important historical perspective, this book covers key areas of contention and many of the major ideas and thinkers from all sides of the debate are included.
Maximal God
Author | : Yujin Nagasawa |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780198758686 |
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Yujin Nagasawa presents a new, stronger version of perfect being theism, the conception of God as the greatest possible being. Although perfect being theism is the most common form of monotheism in the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition its truth has been disputed by philosophers and theologians for centuries. Nagasawa proposes a new, game-changing defence of perfect being theism by developing what he calls the 'maximal concept of God'. Perfect being theists typically maintain that God is an omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent being; according to Nagasawa, God should be understood rather as a being that has the maximal consistent set of knowledge, power, and benevolence. Nagasawa argues that once we accept the maximal concept we can establish perfect being theism on two grounds. First, we can refute nearly all existing arguments against perfect being theism simultaneously. Second, we can construct a novel, strengthened version of the modal ontological argument for perfect being theism. Nagasawa concludes that the maximal concept grants us a unified defence of perfect being theism that is highly effective and economical.
The Greatest Possible Being
Author | : Jeff Speaks |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2018-10-04 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780192561503 |
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What can we know about God by reason alone? Philosophical theology is the attempt to obtain such knowledge. An ancient tradition, which is perhaps more influential now than ever, tries to derive the attributes of God from the principle that God is the greatest possible being. Jeff Speaks argues that that constructive project is a failure. He also argues that the related view that the concept of God is the concept of a greatest possible being is a mistake. In the last chapter, he sketches an alternative path forward.
On the Nature and Existence of God
Author | : Richard M. Gale |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2016-08-26 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781107142350 |
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This influential book evaluates the arguments for the existence and nature of God that emerged in the late twentieth century.
Our Idea of God
Author | : Thomas V. Morris |
Publsiher | : Regent College Publishing |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1573831018 |
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GREATEST POSSIBLE BEING
Author | : SPEAKS. |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0191865729 |
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The Problem of God in Modern Thought
Author | : Philip Clayton |
Publsiher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 550 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0802838855 |
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It is widely believed that modern philosophers have dismissed the idea of God and opted instead for a secular humanism. Challenging these stereotypes through a careful study of major philosophical texts written since the Enlightenment, Philip Clayton shows how the main thinkers of the modern period have continued to wrestle with the problem of God and to make proposals for understanding the divine. Following up on his award-winning book God and Contemporary Science, Clayton here explores the constructive resources that modern thought offers to those struggling with the notion of God as "infinite" and "perfect." He finds in the narrative of modern thought about God strong support for panentheism, the new theological movement that maintains the transcendence of God while denying the separation of God and the world.