Greatest Possible Being e-bog
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What can we know about God by reason alone? Philosophical theology is the attempt to obtain such knowledge. An ancient tradition, which is perhaps more influential now than ever, tries to derive the attributes of God from the principle that God is the greatest possible being. Jeff Speaks argues that that constructive project is a failure. He also argues that the related view that the concept o...
E-bog
473,39 DKK
Forlag
OUP Oxford
Udgivet
26 september 2018
Længde
192 sider
Genrer
HRAB
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780192561497
What can we know about God by reason alone? Philosophical theology is the attempt to obtain such knowledge. An ancient tradition, which is perhaps more influential now than ever, tries to derive the attributes of God from the principle that God is the greatest possible being. Jeff Speaks argues that that constructive project is a failure. He also argues that the related view that the concept of God is the concept of a greatest possible being is a mistake. In thelast chapter, he sketches an alternative path forward.