The Existence of God
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The Existence of God is a major work of analytic philosophy of religion in which Richard Swinburne presents a detailed, probabilistic argument for the rationality of believing in God’s existence.
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| The Existence of God canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ work of analytic philosophy ⓘ work of philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| addresses |
arguments against God’s existence
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arguments for God’s existence ⓘ |
| arguesFor |
probable existence of God
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rationality of belief in God ⓘ |
| author | Richard Swinburne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | probabilistic reasoning ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
explanatory power
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probability ⓘ simplicity ⓘ theism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deweyDecimalClassification | 212 ⓘ |
| genre |
analytic philosophy
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philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| hasEdition | second edition ⓘ |
| hasPart |
arguments from consciousness
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arguments from cosmology ⓘ arguments from moral awareness ⓘ arguments from teleology ⓘ discussion of evil ⓘ discussion of miracles ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary analytic philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | BT102.S95 ⓘ |
| mainTopic | existence of God ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed treatment of evidences for God
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systematic Bayesian case for theism ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach |
evidentialism
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natural theology ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Clarendon Press
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Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Faith and Reason
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The Coherence of Theism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondEditionPublicationYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | academic reviews ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
advanced students of philosophy of religion
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philosophers ⓘ theologians ⓘ |
| usesMethod | Bayesian confirmation theory ⓘ |
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