The existence of God /

The existence of God /

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Author / Creator:Matson, Wallace I., author.
Imprint:Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, ©1965.
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [1965]
©1965
Description:xvii, 254 pages : music ; 22 cm
Language:English
Subject:
God -- Proof.
God -- Proof.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13203737
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Physical medium:8vo.
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1: Authority and experience
  • Authority
  • Experience
  • Mystical experience
  • Summary and conclusions
  • pt. 2: The traditional arguments
  • The ontological argument
  • The cosmological argument
  • The argument from design
  • pt. 3: Evil
  • The argument from evil
  • The denial that there is evil
  • Evil disappears in the universal harmony
  • Evil exists for the sake of greater good
  • Free will
  • Conclusions
  • pt. 4: Pragmatism
  • Review and transition
  • The pragmatic truth argument
  • The will to believe
  • pt. 5: Moral and political arguments
  • Theism as providing the motive for moral behavior
  • Theism as theoretical foundation of morals
  • Epilogue : does it matter?. Review of conclusions
  • Does it matter whether theism is reasonable?
  • Does it matter whether god exists?

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