05532cam a2200589Mi 4500 ocn851972128 OCoLC 20200709055858.0 m d cr |n| 130706s2010 gw o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCO OCLCQ N$T 9783110324624 (electronic bk.) 3110324628 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)851972128 603576 (N$T) BX1749.T6 .G384 2010 REL 067070 bisacsh 241.789 N$TA Weingartner, Paul. God ́s existence. can it be proven? [electronic resource] : a Logical Commentary on the Five Ways of Thomas Aquinas. Berlin : De Gruyter, 2010. 1 online resource (120 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Metaphysical Research 1. The Five Ways: Preliminary Questions; 1.1 Whether the Existence of God is Self-Evident?; 1.1.1 Text: Thomas Aquinas' Answer; 1.1.2 Commentary on the Answer; 1.1.2.1 Definition of Self-Evident Proposition; 1.1.2.2 Is God Exists Self-Evident to Us?; 1.1.3 Commentary to the Objections; 1.1.3.1 Is the Knowledge of God Naturally Implanted in All?; 1.1.3.2 Is the Existence of Primal Truth Self-Evident?; 1.1.3.3 Thomas Aquinas ́ Commentary on the Ontological Argument; 1.2 Whether it Can Be Demonstrated that God Exists?; 1.2.1 Text: Thomas Aquinas' Answer; 1.2.2 Commentary on the Answer. 1.2.2.1 Two Types of Demonstration1.2.2.2 The Cause as Necessary Condition for the Effects; 1.2.2.3 From God's Effects to His Existence; 1.2.2.4 Is it Necessary to Assume a Cause for the World (Universe) which is Outside the World (Universe)?; 1.2.3 Commentary on the Objections; 1.2.3.1 Is the Existence of God an Article of Faith?; 1.2.3.2 Does One Need a Definition of God for Understanding His Existence?; 1.2.3.3 Are God's Effects Proportional for a Demonstration of His Existence?; 2. The Five Ways; 2.1 The First Way; 2.1.1 The Latin Text and its Translation into English. 2.1.2 The Premises and Conclusions of the Text2.1.3 Reconstruction; 2.1.4 Commentary; 2.1.4.1 A Problem with Premise 6; 2.1.4.2 Different Meanings of ""Movetur""; 2.1.4.3 Definition of the First Mover; 2.2 The Second Way; 2.2.1 The Latin Text and its Translation into English; 2.2.2 The Premises and Conclusions of the Text; 2.2.3 Reconstruction; 2.2.4 Commentary; 2.2.4.1 Irreflexivity of the Causal Relation; 2.2.4.2 Cause as a Necessary Condition; 2.2.4.3 Transitivity; 2.2.4.4 Definition of the First Cause; 2.2.4.5 Infinite Regress; 2.3 The Third Way. 2.3.1 The Latin Text and its Translation into English2.3.2 The premises and conclusions of the text; 2.3.3. Reconstruction; 2.3.4 Commentary; 2.3.4.1 The Concept of Necessity Used in the Third Way; 2.3.4.2 The Concept of Necessity in Relation to Time; 2.3.4.3 Aristotle's view according to Thomas Aquinas; 2.3.4.4 Thomas Aquina ́s Premises and Conclusions in the Third Way; 2.4 The Fourth Way; 2.4.1 The Latin Text and its Translation into English; 2.4.2 The Premises and Conclusions of the Text; 2.4.3 Reconstruction; 2.4.4 Commentary; 2.4.4.1 Premise 2. 2.4.4.2 The Definition which Connects Perfection with Being (Premise 5. of 2.4.3)2.4.4.3 The Most Perfect Thing is the Cause of All Perfection; 2.5 The Fifth Way; 2.5.1 The Latin Text and its Translation into English; 2.5.2 The Premises and Conclusions of the Text; 2.5.3 Reconstruction; 2.5.4 Commentary; 2.5.4.1 Natural Beings Lacking Intelligence; 2.5.4.2 The Question of the Validity of the Argument; 2.6 The Question of the Uniqueness in the Conclusions of the Five Ways; 2.6.1 First Question; 2.6.2 Second Question; 2.7 Commentary to the Objections; References. The aim of the book is to show that the Five Ways of Thomas Aquinas, i.e. his five arguments to prove the existence of God, are logically correct arguments by the standards of modern Predicate Logic. In the first chapter this is done by commenting on the two preliminary articles preceeding the Five Ways in which Thomas Aquinas points out that on the one hand the existence of God is not self-evident to us and on the other hand, that, similar as in some scientific explanations, the mere existence of a cause for an effect which is evidently known to us can be proved. In the second chapter every a. Description based on print version record. God Proof. Religion. Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. Summa theologica. God Proof. Religion. Thomas Aquinas, Saint 1225?-1274. Summa theologica. RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Weingartner, Paul. God ́s Existence. Can it be Proven? : A Logical Commentary on the Five Ways of Thomas Aquinas. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2010 9783110324389 Metaphysical research. Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1215581 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=603576 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1215581 EBSCOhost EBSC 603576 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 53479 53479