Metaphysics of Perfect Beings

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: Atheistic Arguments from Improvability
Chapter Two: Rational Choice and No Best World
Chapter Three: On Evil's Vague Necessity
Chapter Four: The Problem of No Maximum Evil
Chapter Five: On the Logic of Imperfection
Chapter Six: Supervenience, Divine Freedom and Absolute Orderings
Chapter Seven: Vague Eschatology
Chapter Eight: Theistic Modal Realism, Multiverses and Hyperspace
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Michael J. Almeida teaches philosophy at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and is the author of numerous articles on philosophy of religion, ethics and metaethics published in journals such as Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosophia, Philosophical Papers, Philosophical Studies, and Theoria.

Summary

The Metaphysics of Perfect Beings addresses unexpected challenges to the Anselmian God in light of recent developments in logic, metaphysics and epistemology.

Additional text

"Philosophers of religion with a metaphysical bent will find much of interest here." -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Product details

• Authors: Michael J. Almeida, Michael J. (University of Texas Almeida, Almeida Michael J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2014
• EAN: 9780415762533
• ISBN: 978-0-415-76253-3
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, RELIGION / Philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy of religion