A Cosmological Reformulation of Anselm's Proof That God Exists
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
BRILL,
2021.
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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