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A Cosmological Reformulation of Anselm's Proof That God Exists

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Campbell, Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : BRILL, 2021.
Colección:Anselm studies and texts.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Introducing Anselm's Original Proof
  • 1 Anselm's Objectives in Writing the Proslogion
  • 2 Anselm's Quest
  • 3 Faith Seeking Understanding
  • 4 The Standard Misinterpretation of How Anselm Proves that God Exists
  • 5 The Invalidity of the Standard Misinterpretation of Anselm's Proof
  • 6 The Three-Stage Structure of Anselm's Proof
  • Chapter 2 Introducing a Cosmological Reformulation of Anselm's Proof
  • 1 Inferring That Something Is in Reality from Its Being in the Understanding
  • 2 Discovering That Anselm's Proof Is a Cosmological Argument
  • 3 Objections to Interpreting Anselm's Stage Three as a Metaphysical Argument
  • 4 A Three-Stage Cosmological Proof of the Existence of God
  • 5 Inferring That Something Is So Good That Nothing Greater Could Be Thought
  • 6 A Note to the Reader
  • Chapter 3 The Quintessential Features of Anselm's Original Proof
  • 1 The Provenance of Anselm's Indefinite Description
  • 2 The Universality of Anselm's Indefinite Description
  • 3 A Definition of "greater than"
  • 4 That It Is Possible That Something Is Such That a Greater Cannot Be Thought
  • 5 Justifying Anselm's Introduction of That-Than-Which-a-Greater-Cannot-Be-Thought
  • 6 Being Possible
  • 7 The Relation of Thinking to Understanding
  • 8 The Logic of Conceivability
  • Chapter 4 A Cosmological Reformulation of Stage One of Anselm's Proof
  • 1 The Development of Modern Cosmology
  • 2 The Inflationary Model
  • 3 The Question of Whether the Universe Had a Beginning
  • 4 The Emergence of Things in the Universe
  • 5 Inferring the First Premise of a Cosmological Reformulation of Anselm's Proof
  • 6 Existing Contingently
  • 7 What Exists Contingently Is Greater When It Exists than When It Does Not
  • 8 Deducing Anselm's Stage One Conclusions
  • 9 Deducing a Stronger Version of Anselm's Stage One Conclusion
  • 10 Comparing Anselm's Stage One Argument with This Cosmological Reformulation
  • Chapter 5 Three Arguments Vindicating Anselm's Inferring Reality from Thought
  • 1 The Argument Based on Beginning to Exist
  • 2 Some Reflections on This Argument
  • 3 The Constructive Dilemma Based on Existing Contingently
  • 4 Some Reflections on Existing with a Beginning
  • Chapter 6 A Cosmological Reformulation of Stage Two of Anselm's Proof
  • 1 Discerning the Premise of Anselm's Original Stage Two
  • 2 Deriving the Premise of Stage Two from the Reformulated Stage One Conclusion
  • 3 Deducing the Interim Conclusion of Stage Two
  • 4 Deducing Anselm's Actual Stage Two Conclusion
  • Chapter 7 Sinking the Lost Island: Anselm's Alternative Stage Two Argument
  • 1 Gaunilo's Misunderstanding of Anselm's Stage One Argument
  • 2 Introducing Gaunilo's Lost Island
  • 3 Assessing Gaunilo's Parody
  • 4 Amending Gaunilo's Inferences to Mimic Anselm's