Introduction to Design Arguments

Informationen zum Autor Benjamin C. Jantzen is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Virginia Tech. He has published papers in journals including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Biophysical Journal, Philosophy of Science, and Synthese. His work on formal methods in the philosophy of religion has been published in Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society and in the anthology Probability in the Philosophy of Religion (2012). Klappentext A comprehensive survey of the many different forms of design argument for the existence of God. Zusammenfassung This book surveys 2!000 years of debate! and mines both historical and modern literature! to offer a critical assessment of the many forms of design argument for the existence of God. For upper-level undergraduates and graduates in philosophy of religion! theology! and philosophy of science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Preliminaries; 3. Arguments from antiquity; 4. Medieval arguments; 5. The golden age of natural theology; 6. Unusual design arguments; 7. Hume; 8. Paley; 9. Darwin; 10. Loose ends; 11. The modern likelihood argument; 12. Intelligent design I: irreducible complexity; 13. Intelligent design II: specified complexity; 14. What is complexity?; 15. Supernatural agents and the role of laws; 16. A brief survey of physical law; 17. Fine-tuning I: positive arguments; 18. Fine-tuning II: objections; 19. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Benjamin Jantzen, Benjamin C Jantzen, Benjamin C. Jantzen, Benjamin C. (Virginia College of Technolo Jantzen, Benjamin C. (Virginia College of Technology) Jantzen, Jantzen Benjamin C.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.02.2014
• EAN: 9780521183031
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18303-1
• No. of pages: 347
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy; Cambridge Introductions to Phi; Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy; Cambridge Introductions to Phi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Philosophy, Philosophy of religion