02991nam a2200385Ia 4500 ocm84542505 OCoLC 20200709055132.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 070219s2006 nyu sb 001 0 eng d N$T N$T GBA666608 bnb 9780511246999 (electronic bk.) 0511246994 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)84542505 171892 (N$T) BT103 .O67 2006eb 212/.1 22 N$TA Oppy, Graham Robert. Arguing about gods [electronic resource] / Graham Oppy. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. xix, 449 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-443) and index. Preliminary considerations -- Arguments about the existence of monotheistic gods -- Arguements -- Some considerations about agnosticism -- Parallel cases for 'alternative' deities -- Ontological arguments -- My 'general objection' reconsidered -- Mereological ontological arguments -- Gödel's ontological argument -- On that than which no worse can be conceived -- Concluding remarks -- Cosmological arguments -- Some initial considerations -- Aquinas' first three ways -- Descartes' causal argument -- Leibniz's argument -- Meyer and the axiom of choice -- Koons and contingency -- Gale, Pruss, and 'weak' sufficient reason -- Craig and the Kalām arguments -- Smith's atheological cosmological arguments -- Teleological arguments -- Biological design : Paley -- Biological design : Behe -- Cosmic fine-tuning -- Hume's criticisms of arguments for design -- Concluding remarks -- Pascal's wager -- The argument -- Some objections to the argument -- Objections involving infinity -- Modified wagers -- Concluding remarks -- Arguments from evil -- Preliminary considerations -- 'Logical' arguments from evil -- Evidential arguments from evil / co-written with Michael J. Almeida -- The problem of heaven / co-written with Yujin Nagasawa and Nick Trakakis -- Concluding remarks -- Other arguments -- Arguments from authority -- Arguments from religious experience -- Arguments from morality -- Arguments from miracles -- Arguments from consciousness -- Arguments from puzzling phenomena -- Concluding remarks -- Clifford -- James -- Concluding remarks. Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. God Proof. Electronic books. local NetLibrary, Inc. Original 0521863864 9780521863865 (DLC) 2005037369 (OCoLC)62789925 Bibliographic record display http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=171892 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information cpp2430 02 N$T 49050 49050