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Title Richard Swinburne : Christian philosophy in a modern world / Nicola Mössner, Sebastian Schmoranzer, Christian Weidemann (eds.)
Published Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag ; Piscataway, NJ : Transaction Books [distributor], ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations
Series Münstersche Vorlesungen zur Philosophie 2007 ; 11 = Münster lectures on philosophy 2007 ; 11th
Münstersche Vorlesungen zur Philosophie (Series) ; 11.
Contents Lecture. The problem of evil / Richard Swinburne -- Colloquium. Is simplicity an adequate criterion of theory choice? / Julia Göhner, Marie I. Kaiser, Christian Suhm -- Simply false? Swinburne on simplicity as evidence of truth / Johannes Korbmacher, Sebastian Schmoranzer, Ansgar Seide -- Is the principle of testimony simply epistemically fundamental or simply not? Swinburne on knowledge by testimony / Nicola Mössner, Markus Seidel -- How to heckle Swinburne on God and time / Benedikt Paul Göcke, Matthias Hoesch, Peter Rohs -- God or multiverse? Swinburne on fine-tuning / Jennifer Hankeln [and others] -- On Swinburne and possible worlds / Gordon Leonhard, Jan G. Michel, Bernd Prien -- Substance dualism substantially duelled / Ana Honnacker [and others] -- Omnipotence, ominscience, and God's right / Anna Brückner [and others] -- Justification by revelation? Problems in Swinburne's foundation of necessary moral truths / Norbert Jömann [and others] -- God's gift of life or how to look a gift-horse in the mouth / Katharina König [and others] -- Homophobia and the limits of scientific philosophy / Martin Pleitz -- Replies / Richard Swinburne
Summary Richard Swinburne is one of the most influential contemporary proponents of the analytical philosophy of religion. He is, above all, a traditional theist, i.e. he believes, that there exists an eternal, uncreated and immaterial perfect soul called "God" which is omnipotent, omniscient, perfectly free, morally perfect and the creator and sustainer of the universe. However, his interests are very wide-ranging. He has written on almost every central theological and philosophical issue such as epistemology, metaphysics, theory of mind and ethics. Swinburne is particularly well-known for his percep
Notes Papers presented at the 11th Munster lectures on philosophy, held in November 2007
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Swinburne, Richard -- Congresses
SUBJECT Swinburne, Richard fast
Subject Philosophical theology -- Congresses
Christian philosophy -- Congresses
Philosophy and religion -- Congresses
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Systematic.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
Christian philosophy
Philosophical theology
Philosophy and religion
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Swinburne, Richard.
Mössner, Nicola.
Schmoranzer, Sebastian.
Weidemann, Christian, 1971-
LC no. 2014413830
ISBN 9783110326161
3110326167
9783110325294
3110325292