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The Devil’s Advocate versus God’s Honest Truth: A Dialectical Inquiry into the Rationality of Religion de Necip Fikri Alican

The Devil’s Advocate versus God’s Honest Truth: A Dialectical Inquiry into the Rationality of Religion: Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy and Religion, cartea 405

Autor Necip Fikri Alican
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 23 ian 2025
The Devil’s Advocate versus God’s Honest Truth is a scholarly monograph exploring the rationality of religion, particularly the tenability of theism, through a dialectical analysis of plausible arguments for the existence of God versus reasonable grounds for suspicion. It offers a comprehensive and balanced coverage of the issues, inviting readers to reflect and ponder the subject in its full scope. The book thus makes up for the missing objectivity in an area that has long been dominated by sectarian scholarship and polarized beyond reconciliation.
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ISBN-13: 9789004714830
ISBN-10: 9004714839
Pagini: 860
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy and Religion

Notă biografică

Necip Fikri Alican is an independent scholar with research interests in ethics and metaphysics. His recent publications include One over Many (2021), Quine on Ethics (2021), and Mill’s Principle of Utility (2022).

Cuprins

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Tables

Guide to References

Introduction

Part 1
Theistic Perspective: Arguments for the Existence of God
1What a Wonderful World: The Teleological Argument for the Existence of God
1 Origins and Early History

2 Thomas Aquinas

3 Transitional Development

4 Horological Imagery

5 William Paley

6 Opposition

7 David Hume

8 Immanuel Kant

9 Charles Darwin

10 Anthropic Reasoning and Observational Bias
10.1Original Inspiration

10.2Historical Development

10.3Philosophical Implications


2Who’s on First? The Cosmological Argument for the Existence of God
1 Classification of Variations

2 Origins and Early History

3 Thomas Aquinas

4 René Descartes

5 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Samuel Clarke

6Kalām Formulation
6.1Historical Background

6.2Current Scholarship

6.3Main Argument

6.4First Premise of Main Argument

6.5Second Premise of Main Argument

6.6Conclusion of Main Argument


7 Opposition

8 David Hume
8.1Argument under Scrutiny

8.2Appraisal of Hume

8.3Reception of Hume


9 Immanuel Kant

10 Contemporary Cosmology


3A Proof than Which None Greater Can Be Conceived: The Ontological Argument for the Existence of God(Anselm and Gaunilo)
1 General Overview

2 Anselm of Canterbury

3 Existence of God (Proslogion 2)

4 Magnificence of God (Proslogion 3)

5 Exegetical Analysis

6 Conceptual Amendment (Proslogion 15)

7 Formal Structure

8 Critique of Gaunilo (Pro Insipiente)

9 Reply of Anselm (Responsio Editoris)

10 Scholarly Reception of Anselm beyond Gaunilo


4A Supremely Perfect Proof: The Ontological Argument for the Existence of God(Development beyond Anselm)
1 Classification of Variations

2 Origins and Early History
2.1Criteria for Similitude

2.2Plato: Immortality of the Soul (Phaedo)

2.3Plato: Supremacy of the Good (Republic)

2.4Aristotle: Ontology of Necessity and Eternity

2.5Aristotle: Elenctic Proof as Ontological Reasoning

2.6Diogenes of Babylon

2.7General Prospects for Other Candidates


3 René Descartes
3.1Ontological Argument: Rationale and Structure

3.2Dialectical Development: Elaboration and Defense

3.3Comparative Analysis: Descartes versus Anselm


4 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz


5Objections than Which None Greater Can Be Conceived: The Ontological Argument for the Existence of God(Opposition beyond Gaunilo)
1 Thomas Aquinas

2 David Hume

3 Immanuel Kant
3.1Exposition and Interpretation

3.2Analysis and Appraisal

3.3Concluding Remarks


4 Modern Parodies
4.1Original Parody

4.2Devil Parodies

4.3Gasking’s Proof



Part 2
Skeptical Perspective: Reasons for Suspicion
6In God We Trust: The Methodological Infirmity of Faith as Compared with Science
1 Faith as Arrested Development

2 Ethics versus Science

3 Faith versus Science

4 Have You Heard the Good News?

5 Common Concerns and Regular Responses
5.1Questions about Reality

5.2Questions about Morality


6 Possibility of Proof in Religious Disagreement


7Who Mourns for Adonais? Or, Where Have All the Gods Gone?
1 Encounter with Adonais

2 Methodological Orientation

3 Creator Gods

4 Ruler Gods

5 Progressive Synthesis

6 Nostalgic Reminders

7 Requiem for Adonais

8 Relevance of Precedents: Syncretism or Parallelomania?
8.1Patchwork through Syncretism

8.2Projection through Parallelomania

8.3Analysis and Verdict


8Good Is My Shepherd: The Euthyphro Dilemma in Its Original Context
1 Philosophical and Literary Profile
1.1Dramatic Setting

1.2Historical Orientation

1.3Tension between Philosophy and Religion


2Daimonion of Socrates

3 Pursuit of Definition

4 Origination Dilemma
4.1 Reductio via the Origination Dilemma

4.2Significance of the Origination Dilemma

4.3Analogical Development of the Origination Dilemma

4.4Aftermath of the Origination Dilemma


5 Dramatic versus Philosophical Conclusion

6 Symbolic Conclusion

7 Ongoing Relevance and Practical Implications


Appendix

Works Cited

Index