On the Existence of God

Geis, Robert

University Press of America（2009/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 236 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780761849131
• DDC分類 212.1

Full Description

The existence of God raises many questions. Geis' work addresses queries that arise from the gratuitous claims of empiricism in Hume, unfounded assumptions in Kant, presumptions of science, and the improbabilities it identifies in Darwinism. By focusing on number and proportion as intrinsic to material and atomic constituency, any argument from chance as instrumental to the cosmos' emergence and sustainability becomes invalidated. The arguments from contingency and the nature of intellection provide more clarity than the ratio Anselmi for acknowledging a transcendent causality, taking the reader to the problem of evil and present-day nihilism. These concepts present great, but not insuperable, difficulty for theism. Geis argues that evil, when one uses it as a means to the betterment of oneself and the world, takes on the rôle commensurate with the doctrine of an omnibenevolent deity. Accordingly, one can use evil as a means to a greater understanding of God, Providence, and eternal destiny.

Contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Fallacies and Approaches to God Chapter 3 Presumptions in Science Chapter 4 Improbabilities and Darwinism Chapter 5 Design and Order Chapter 6 From Idea to Idea Chapter 7 Mind as Dynamisme Chapter 8 From the Causal Order Chapter 9 Omnibenevolence and Evil Chapter 10 Suffering, Nihilism, and the Divine Chapter 11 Addressing Other Assumptions Chapter 12 Afterword Chapter 13 Notes Chapter 14 Index Chapter 15 About the Author