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A Case for the Existence of God.
Some of the brightest scientific minds of our time, from Albert Einstein to Stephen Hawking, have made incredible insights into the earliest origins of the universe, but have failed to ultimately discover why there is something rather than nothing--why weexist. In A Case for the Existence of God, De...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD; ABRIDGED CONTENTS; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 01: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 02: THE QUESTION OF GOD'S EXISTENCE; Chapter 03: MANY GENERATIONS OF PHILOSOPHERS HAVE MADE THE MISTAKE OF ASSUMING HUME AND KANT'S OBJECTIONS DISPOSED OF THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT; Chapter 04: A UNIVERSE WITH AN INFINITE PAST WOULD STILL REQUIRE A NECESSARY BEING TO SUSTAIN ITS EXISTENCE; Chapter 05: BECAUSE THE UNIVERSE (OR MULTIVERSE) HAD A BEGINNING, IT IS CONTINGENT AND HAS A CAUSE FOR ITS COMING INTO EXISTENCE.
- Chapter 06: THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE SET FORTH IN THIS BOOK EMPHASIZES THE INTELLIGIBILITY OF THE UNIVERSE NOTED IN EINSTEIN'S STATEMENTChapter 07: EVOLUTION IS NOT DISPOSITIVE OF THE QUESTION OF WHY THERE IS SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING AND WHY THE UNIVERSE IS RATIONAL AND INTELLIGIBLE; Chapter 08: THE MYSTERY OF INFORMATION CHALLENGES A STRICT MATERIALISM; Chapter 09: THE EXISTENCE OF GOD GIVES AN ABSOLUTE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REAL EXISTENCE OF RIGHT AND WRONG; Chapter 10: EVIDENTIAL FORCE OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE.
- Chapter 11: Recorded Experiences of Encounters with the Divine Bear Witness to a Way of Knowing that Includes Kierkegaard's KENDSKAB, BUBER'S I-Thou, OTTO'S Wholly Other, AND MARCEL'S MysteryChapter 12: THESE NINE WITNESSES TESTIFY TO ANOTHER WAY OF KNOWING THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE EMPIRICAL AND THE METAPHYSICAL RATIONAL WAYS OF KNOWING, BUT IS BEYOND THE DESCRIBABLE AND REQUIRES PERSO; Chapter 13: CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS AND SUMMARY; AFTERWORD; Appendix A: THE NEW MATHEMATICS OF ALGORITHMIC INFORMATION THEORY IS RELEVANT TO THEORIES CONCERNING THE FORMATION OF THE FIRST LIVING MATTER.
- Appendix B: THE LIMITS OF MATHEMATICS AND THE LIMITS OF REASONAppendix C: THE EVIDENCE FROM CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS SUPPORTS THE CONCEPTS OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FREE WILL; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR.