| Description |
432 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cosmological arguments against the existence of God. Scientific case against a God who created the universe / Victor J. Stenger ; Big Bang argument for the existence of God / Theodore Schick Jr. ; Atheism, theism, and Big Bang cosmology / Quentin Smith ; Defense of the cosmological argument for God's nonexistence / Quentin Smith ; Big Bang cosmology and atheism / Quentin Smith ; Stephen Hawking's cosmology and theism / Quentin Smith ; Why Stephen Hawking's cosmology precludes a creator / Quentin Smith -- Teleological arguments against the existence of God. Argument from scale / Nicholas Everitt ; Anthropic coincidences : a natural explanation / Victor J. Stenger ; Anthropic principle does not support supernaturalism / Michael Ikeda and Bill Jefferys ; Religion and science : a new look at Hume's Dialogues / Wesley C. Salmon ; Experimental atheism / Wesley C. Salmon ; Atheistic teleological arguments / Michael Martin ; Neither intelligent nor designed / Bruce and Frances Martin ; Improbability of God / Richard Dawkins. |
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Inductive evil arguments against the existence of God. Atheological argument from evil natural laws / Quentin Smith ; Problem of evil and some varieties of atheism / William L. Rowe ; Evil and theodicy / William L. Rowe ; Evidential argument from evil : a second look / William L. Rowe ; Reply to Plantinga / William L. Rowe ; Skeptical theism : a response to Bergmann / William L. Rowe ; Indirect inductive argument from evil / Michael Martin ; Argument from non-gratuitous evil / Thomas Metcalf -- Nonbelief arguments against the existence of God. Argument from nonbelief / Theodore M. Drange ; McHugh's expectations dashed / Theodore M. Drange ; Bolstering the argument from nonbelief / Victor Cosculluela ; Arguments from confusion and biblical defects / Theodore M. Drange ; Argument from ignorance / Walter Sinnott-Armstrong ; Real argument from ignorance / Walter Sinnott-Armstrong ; Argument for atheism from the reasonableness of nonbelief / J. L. Schellenberg ; Response to Howard-Snyder / J. L. Schellenberg ; Divine hiddenness justifies atheism / J. L. Schellenberg -- Appendix. Ideas of the divinity / Paul Thiry d'Holbach. |
| Subject |
Atheism.
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God -- Proof.
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| Added Author |
Martin, Michael, 1932 February 3-
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Monnier, Ricki.
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| ISBN |
1591023815 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781591023814 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
IG# 1591023815 |
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YDXCP 2223547 |
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NZ1 10570814 |
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