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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aPalmer, Michael.
245	1	0	_aAtheism for beginners _h[electronic resource] : _ba coursebook for schools and colleges / _cMichael Palmer.
260			_aCambridge : _bLutterworth Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 218 pages) : _billustrations, portraits
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aFront cover; Atheism for Beginners; Other Titles by Michael Palmer from The Lutterworth Press; Title; The Atheist's Creed; Contents; Introduction; 1. THE MEANING OF ATHEISM; i. Definition of Atheism; ii. The Christian Theory of Creation; iii. The Re-emergence of Atheism; iv. Hume on the Argument from Cause; v. An Infinite or Finite Universe?; 3. THE DESIGN OF THE WORLD; i. Two Monkey Trials; ii. The Argument from Design; iii. Hume's Criticisms of the Design Argument; iv. Darwin's Criticisms of the Design Argument; v. Post-Darwinian Criticisms of the Design Argument; 4. THE ARGUMENT FROM EVIL.
505	8		_aI. Moral and Non-Moral Evilii. Evolution as a Non-Moral Evil; iii. The Problem of Evil: A Logical or Evidential Problem?; iv. The Problem of Evil: The Logical Argument; v. The Problem of Evil: The Evidential Argument; 5. THE MORAL ARGUMENT; i. Moral Relativism and Religion; ii. Criticisms of the Moral Argument; iii. Nietzsche's Critique of Religious Morality; 6. MIRACLES; i. Some Miracles; ii. Definition of a Miracle (1); iii. Definition of a Miracle (2); iv. Hume's Critique of Miracles: Are Miracles Impossible?; v. Hume's Critique of Miracles: Are Miracles Improbable?; vi. Conclusion.
505	8		_a7. THE IMPULSE TO BELIEVEi. The Experiences of Faith; ii. Ludwig Feuerbach's Projection Theory; iii. Marx's Projection Theory: Religion as the Opium of the People; iv. Freud's Projection Theory: Religion as a Universal Obsessional Neurosis; v. Conclusion: Is Atheism Pessimistic?; 8. DISPROVING GOD; i. The Logic of God's Attributes; ii. Arguments from Incoherence; iii. Two Theistic Defences; iv. Some conclusions; APPENDIX -- SELECT BIOGRAPHIES; Epicurus (342-270 BC); Jean Meslier (1664-1729); David Hume (1711-1776); Baron d'Holbach (1723-1789); Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822).
505	8		_aLudwig Feuerbach (1804-1872)Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891); Karl Marx (1818-1883); Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900); Sigmund Freud (1856-1939); Bertrand Russell (1872-1970); Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980); A.J. Ayer (1910-1989); Richard Dawkins (b. 1941); Glossary; Back cover.
520			_aThe word 'atheism' is derived from the Greek: a meaning 'not' is conjoined with theos meaning 'god'. So atheism may be defined as follows: it is the belief that there is no God. Unfortunately definition of terms is rarely this straightforward. In this educational book, Michael Palmer undertakes to analyse, develop and discuss the complex and too often reduced notion of atheism. In spite of the consciously atheist point of view adopted by the author, the volume remains critical and objective, making religious, philosophical and political concepts around atheism understandable. Even though the bo.
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650		0	_aAtheism _xStudy and teaching.
650		7	_aRELIGION _xAgnosticism. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aAtheism _xStudy and teaching. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00819979
650		7	_aPHILOSOPHY / General _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aPalmer, Michael. _tAtheism for beginners. _dCambridge : Lutterworth Press, 2013 _z9780718892913 _z0718892917 _w(OCoLC)818450729
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