Maximal God

NOTE EDITORE

Yujin Nagasawa presents a new, stronger version of perfect being theism, the conception of God as the greatest possible being. Although perfect being theism is the most common form of monotheism in the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition its truth has been disputed by philosophers and theologians for centuries. Nagasawa proposes a new, game-changing defence of perfect being theism by developing what he calls the 'maximal concept of God'. Perfect being theists typically maintain that God is an omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent being; according to Nagasawa, God should be understood rather as a being that has the maximal consistent set of knowledge, power, and benevolence. Nagasawa argues that once we accept the maximal concept we can establish perfect being theism on two grounds. First, we can refute nearly all existing arguments against perfect being theism simultaneously. Second, we can construct a novel, strengthened version of the modal ontological argument for perfect being theism. Nagasawa concludes that the maximal concept grants us a unified defence of perfect being theism that is highly effective and economical.

SOMMARIO

1 - Conceptual, Historical and Cognitive Roots of Perfect Being Theism2 - Perfect Being Theism and the Great Chain of Being3 - Maximal God and Arguments against Perfect Being Theism I4 - Maximal God and Arguments against Perfect Being Theism II5 - A Partial Defence of the Classical Ontological Argument I6 - A Partial Defence of the Classical Ontological Argument II7 - Maximal God and the Modal Ontological Argument

AUTORE

Yujin Nagasawa is Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of God and Phenomenal Consciousness (CUP, 2008), The Existence of God (Routledge, 2011) and Miracles: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, forthcoming). He won the Philosophical Quarterly Essay Prize in 2007, the Templeton Award for Theological Promise in 2008, and the Excellence in Philosophy of Religion Prize in 2011.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198758686
• Dimensioni: 223 x 20.6 x 145 mm Ø 442 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 242