The Cosmological Argument / / William L. Rowe.
This book provides a comprehensive, critical study of the oldest and most famous argument for the existence of God: the Cosmological Argument. Professor Rowe examines and interprets historically significant versions of the argument from Aquinas to Samuel Clarke and explores the major objections that...
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Rowe, William L., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Cosmological Argument / William L. Rowe. New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2021] ©1998 1 online resource (273 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I: The Cosmological Argument in Aquinas and Duns Scotus -- II: The Cosmological Argument and the Principle of Sufficient Reason -- III: Two Criticisms of the Cosmological Argument -- IV: The Cosmological Argument and the Idea of a Necessary Being -- V: Must a Self-Existent, Necessary Being Be God? -- VI: The Cosmological Argument as a Justification for Belief in God -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star This book provides a comprehensive, critical study of the oldest and most famous argument for the existence of God: the Cosmological Argument. Professor Rowe examines and interprets historically significant versions of the argument from Aquinas to Samuel Clarke and explores the major objections that have been advances against it.Beginning with analyses of the Cosmological Argument as expressed by Aquinas and Duns Scotus in the thirteenth century, the author seeks to uncover, clairfy , and critically explore the philosophical concepts and theses essential to the reasoning exhibited in the principal versions of the Cosmological Argument. The major focus of the book is on the form that the argument takes in the eighteenth century, principally in the writings of Samuel Clarke. The author concludes with a discussion of the extent to which the Cosmological Argument may provide a justification for the belief in God.In a new Preface, the author offers some updates on his own thinking as well as that of others who have grappled with this topic. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023) PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014 9783111189604 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press eBook-Package Archive Pre-2000 9783110743296 print 9780823218851 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823296774 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780823296774 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780823296774/original |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I: The Cosmological Argument in Aquinas and Duns Scotus -- II: The Cosmological Argument and the Principle of Sufficient Reason -- III: Two Criticisms of the Cosmological Argument -- IV: The Cosmological Argument and the Idea of a Necessary Being -- V: Must a Self-Existent, Necessary Being Be God? -- VI: The Cosmological Argument as a Justification for Belief in God -- Index |
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