Rethinking the Ontological Argument
A Neoclassical Theistic Response
- Author: Daniel A. Dombrowski, Seattle University
- Date Published: August 2006
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In recent years, the ontological argument and theistic metaphysics have been criticised by philosophers working in both the analytic and continental traditions. Responses to these criticisms have primarily come from philosophers who make use of the traditional, and problematic, concept of God. In this volume, Daniel A. Dombrowski defends the ontological argument against its contemporary critics, but he does so by using a neoclassical or process concept of God, thereby strengthening the case for a contemporary theistic metaphysics. Relying on the thought of Charles Hartshorne, he builds on Hartshorne's crucial distinction between divine existence and divine actuality, which enables neoclassical defenders of the ontological argument to avoid the familiar criticism that the argument moves illegitimately from an abstract concept to concrete reality. His argument, thus, avoids the problems inherent in the traditional concept of God as static.
Read more- Defends a contemporary version of the ontological argument for the existence of God
- Deals with philosophers of religion in both analytic philosophy and continental philosophy
- Relies on neoclassical or process theism, thereby avoiding problems in the traditional concept of God as static
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- Date Published: August 2006
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511223266
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Historical background
2. Poetry v. the ontological argument: Richard Rorty's challenge
3. Deconstructionism and the ontological argument: the case of Mark Taylor
4. Is the ontological argument worthless?: Graham Oppy's rejection
5. Oppy, perfect islands, and existence as a predicate
6. Rival concepts of God and the ontological argument: Thomas Morris, Katherin Rogers and Alvin Plantinga.
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