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Philosophy: The Power of Ideas
Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, 5/e
Brooke Moore
Kenneth Bruder

Philosophy and Belief in God

Short Answer



1

Why did St. Anselm think that atheists contradict themselves?
2

What do St. Thomas Aquinas' first three ways have in common? Explain.
3

What objections can be made to Descartes' first proof?
4

Why did David Hume reject the design argument for God?
5

Why did Immanuel Kant reject the ontological argument?
6

Why did Leibniz think that the principle of sufficient reason shows that there must be a God?
7

What's the basic similarity and the basic difference between Kierkegaard and Nietzsche when it comes to the issue of belief in God?
8

What did James mean when he described the issue of God's existence as live, momentous, and forced?
9

Why did the logical positivists reject religious statements as meaningless?
10

Why does Mary Daly reject the traditional image of God as Father, and what new image does she recommend?