Ontology of Theistic Beliefs
β Scribed by MirosΕaw Szatkowski (editor)
- Publisher
- De Gruyter
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 266
- Series
- Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis; 74
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This volume aims to apply ontological theories and arguments to theistic beliefs and theistic world views. After an introduction that traces out the complexity of the field by categorizing the multifaceted definitions of ontology and (theistic) believing, thirteen articles discuss specific aspects of the two terms as well as their interaction.
With contributions by Chris Daly, Gabriele De Anna, MichaΕ GΕowala, Christian Kanzian, Daniel Linford, Jason Megill, Uwe Meixner, Elisa Paganini, Eleonore Stump, MirosΕaw Szatkowski, William F. Vallicella and Peter van Inwagen.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgements
Ontology of Theistic Beliefs: A Short Orientation
Agnosticism and the Balance of Evidence
Theism and the Ontological Ground of Moral Realism
Polygeny, Pleiotropy, and Two Kinds of Concurrentist Ontology
βBottom-upβ versus βtop-downβ
Cognitive Bias, the Axiological Question and the Epistemic Probability of Theistic Belief
On Computable Metaphysics: On the Uses and Limitations of Computational Metaphysics
What Evil Must Be in Order to Exist
Normative Rules for Indeterminacy
The Openness of God: Eternity and Free Will
The Recovery of St. Thomas Aquinas. Part I: The Doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas and its Non-Analytical Versions
Does God Exist Because He Ought To Exist?
Godβs Being and Ours
Authors of Contributed Papers
Abstracts
Person Index
Subject Index
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