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" A companion to atheism and philosophy / "
edited by Graham Oppy.
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840002
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A companion to atheism and philosophy /\ edited by Graham Oppy.
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| Publication Statement
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Hoboken :: Wiley Blackwell,, 2019.
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Blackwell companions to philosophy ;; 71
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xiii, 581 pages ;; 25 cm.
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1119119111
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1119119189
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1119119227
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9781119119180
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9781119119227
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction / Graham Oppy -- Part I. Individual Thinkers: 1. Hume / Jennifer Smalligan Marušić -- 2. Holbach / Michael LeBuffe and Emilie Gourdon -- 3. Marx / Vanessa Wills -- 4. Wollstonecraft / Sandrine Bergès -- 5. Cady Stanton / Claudette Fillard -- 6. Russell / Carolyn Swanson -- Part II. Philosophical Movements: 7. Empiricism / Gregory Dawes -- 8. Pragmatism / Robert Almeder -- 9. Existentialism / Mariam Thalos -- 10. Postmodernism / Christopher Watkin -- 11. Naturalism / Eric Steinhart -- Part III. Critiques of Theism: 12. Logical Objections to Theism / Stephen Law -- 13. Evidential Objections to Theism / Herman Philipse -- 14. Normative Objections to Theism / Stephen Maitzen -- 15. Prudential Objections to Theism / Guy Kahane -- Part IV. Metaphysics: 16. Freedom / Alfred Mele -- 17. Supernatural / Berit Brogaard -- 18. Death / Beth Seacord -- Part V. Epistemology: 19. Skepticism / Duncan Pritchard -- 20. Methods of Science / Elliott Sober -- 21. Evidence / Michael Tooley -- 22. Evolution / Michael Ruse -- Part VI. Ethics: 23. Meta-Ethics / Elizabeth Tropman -- 24. Meaning / Thaddeus Metz -- 25. Normative Skepticism / Susana Nuccetelli -- Part VII. Politics: 26. Education / Jennifer Bleazby -- 27. Happiness / Gregory S. Paul -- 28. Violence / Steve Clarke -- 29. Church and State / Cristina Lafont -- Part VIII. Critiques of Atheism: 30. Logical Objections to Atheism / Christopher Gregory Weaver -- 31. Evidential Objections to Atheism / Helen De Cruz -- 32. Normative Objections to Atheism / C. Stephen Evans -- 33. Prudential Objections to Atheism / Amanda Askell.
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Philosophers throughout history have debated the existence of gods, but it is only in recent years that the absence of such a belief has become a significant topic of philosophical analysis, in particular for philosophers of religion. Although it is difficult to trace the historical contours of atheism as the lack of belief in a higher power, the reasoned, reflective, and thoughtful rejection of theism has become commonplace in many modern intellectual circles, including academic philosophy where disciplinary data indicates that a large majority of philosophers self-identify as atheists. As the first book of its kind to bring together a collection of writing on the philosophical aspects of atheism both historical and contemporary, the Companion to Atheism and Philosophy stages an explicit, constructive, and comprehensive conversation between philosophy and atheism to examine the ways in which atheist thought intersects with ideas and positions from a variety of philosophical and theological sub-disciplines. The Companion begins by addressing the foundational questions and lingering controversies which underpin philosophical thought about atheism, exploring the implications of major developments in the history of philosophy for the modern atheistic worldview. Divided into eight distinct sections, essays consider a range of thinkers who were widely believed to have been atheists--including David Hume, Mary Wollstonecraft, Karl Marx, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton--and survey different kinds of objections to theism and atheism, including logical, evidential, normative, and prudential. Later chapters trace the relationship between atheism and metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and political philosophy oriented around topics such as pragmatism, postmodernism, freedom, education, violence, and happiness. -- Publisher.
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Atheism.
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Philosophy and religion.
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Philosophy.
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Atheism.
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Atheismus
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Philosophie
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Philosophy and religion.
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Philosophy.
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| Dewey Classification
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211/.8
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BL2747.3.C6175 2019
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Oppy, Graham,1960-
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