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Freedom, God, and Worlds
Michael J. Almeida
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Description for Freedom, God, and Worlds
hardcover. Michael J. Almeida presents a bold new defence of the existence of God. He argues that entrenched principles in philosophical theology which have served as basic assumptions in apriori, atheological arguments are in fact philosophical dogmas. Almeida argues that not only are such principles false: they are necessarily false. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Michael J. Almeida presents a powerful argument which holds that several widely believed and largely undisputed objections to the idea of the existence of God are in fact just philosophical dogmas. He challenges some of the most well-entrenched principles in philosophical theology, which have served as basic assumptions in influential apriori, atheological arguments. But most theists also maintain that the principles express apriori necessary truths, including those principles that are presumed to follow from the nature of an essentially omnipotent, essentially omniscient, essentially perfectly good and necessarily existing being. Among the atheological arguments that deploy these philosophical dogmas are the ... Read more
Michael J. Almeida presents a powerful argument which holds that several widely believed and largely undisputed objections to the idea of the existence of God are in fact just philosophical dogmas. He challenges some of the most well-entrenched principles in philosophical theology, which have served as basic assumptions in influential apriori, atheological arguments. But most theists also maintain that the principles express apriori necessary truths, including those principles that are presumed to follow from the nature of an essentially omnipotent, essentially omniscient, essentially perfectly good and necessarily existing being. Among the atheological arguments that deploy these philosophical dogmas are the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199640027
SKU
KSG0034057
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About Michael J. Almeida
Michael J. Almeida is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he has taught since 1990. He completed his PhD at the Ohio State University, and his research specializes in metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and ethical theory.
Reviews for Freedom, God, and Worlds
Almeida has produced a compelling and challenging book that is conversant with, and demands the attention of, contemporary debates in philosophy of religion
Jamie Boulding, The Expository Times
Almeida offers a rigorous challenge to some widely accepted assumptions that underlie various philosophical arguments against the existence of God . . . Almeida defends a view implying that it ... Read more
Jamie Boulding, The Expository Times
Almeida offers a rigorous challenge to some widely accepted assumptions that underlie various philosophical arguments against the existence of God . . . Almeida defends a view implying that it ... Read more