Objecting to God

Informationen zum Autor Colin Howson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto and Emeritus Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of Hume's Problem: Induction and the Justification of Belief (2000), Logic with Trees (1997) and, with Peter Urbach, Scientific Reasoning: The Bayesian Approach (3rd edition, 2006). Klappentext Argues that evidence purported to support a belief in God suggests our recognition of moral standards has an evolutionary explanation. Zusammenfassung Many people believe uncritically that a loving and forgiving God exists. This book provides a full analysis of the evidence used to support a belief in God! arguing that the evidence suggests our recognition of moral standards actually has an evolutionary explanation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The trouble with God; 2. God unlimited; 3. How to reason if you must; 4. The well-tempered universe; 5. What does it all mean?; 6. Moral equilibrium; 7. What is life without thee?; 8. It necessarily ain't so.

Product details

• Authors: Colin Howson, Colin (University of Toronto) Howson, Howson Colin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2011
• EAN: 9780521768351
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76835-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; RELIGION / Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Nature and existence of God