On God's Existence : Traditional and New Arguments.
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Intro -- Contents -- Praise for John J. Pasquini -- Introduction -- 1 Aquinas' Arguments from Change and Causes (Aristotelian Influenced Arguments) -- 2 The Big Bang -- 3 The Time Argument -- 4 Origin of Life -- 5 Aquinas' Argument from Existence Itself -- 6 Consciousness -- 7 Aquinas' Argument from Natural Law -- 8 Intelligent Design -- 9 Intelligent Design-The Cell's Evolution -- 10 Intelligent Design-Tuned for Life -- 11 Intelligent Design-Explosive Biological Jumps -- 12 Either Way-The Intelligence Dilemma -- 13 Argument from Providence -- 14 Argument from Miracles -- 15 Argument from Deficiency -- 16 Argument from Bonding and Self-Reflection (An Argument from Deficiency) -- 17 Id, Ego, Superego-Argument for God (An Argument from Deficiency) -- 18 Stunted Psychosexual Development Argument (An Argument from Deficiency) -- 19 Stunted Psychosocial Development Argument (An Argument from Deficiency) -- 20 Argument from Comfort -- 21 Filling the Emptiness -- 22 C.S. Lewis' Argument from Desire (Also argued by St. Augustine and Goethe) -- 23 Descartes' Intuition Argument -- 24 Spiritual Development-Deficient or Not -- 25 Newman's Argument from Conscience -- 26 Answered Prayers? -- 27 Aquinas' Argument from Gradation -- 28 Argument from Free Will -- 29 Leibniz's Necessary Explanation and Perfection Argument -- 30 Anselm's Argument (Revised) -- 31 Necessary Gap Filler for a Finite Mind -- 32 Augustinian Influenced Argument from the Person to God -- 33 Brain in Vat Argument -- Conclusion: Pascal's Wager -- Epilogue: Problem of Suffering -- Notes -- Bibliography.
Philosophy and the advances in cosmology, neurology, molecular biology, and the social sciences have made the convincing and converging arguments for God's existence more probable than ever in history.On God's Existence is concise summary of these arguments as well as new arguments inspired by the advances of the sciences.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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