The problem of evil : the Gifford lectures delivered in the University of St. Andrews in 2003 / Pete...
The problem of evil : the Gifford lectures delivered in the University of St. Andrews in 2003 / Pete...
The problem of evil : the Gifford lectures delivered in the University of St. Andrews in 2003 / Peter van Inwagen.
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Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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2006.
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N214/3
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English
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xiv, 183 p. ; 23 cm.
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The problem of evil and the argument from evil -- The idea of God -- Philosophical failure -- The global argument from evil -- The global argument continued -- The local argument from evil -- The sufferings of beasts -- The hiddenness of God.
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Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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England
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2006.
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"If there were a God, he would not permit the existence of vast amounts of truly horrible suffering; since such suffering exists, there is no God: Peter van Inwagen examines this argument, which he regards as a paradigmatically philosophical argument. His conclusion is that (like most philosophical arguments) it is a failure. He seeks to demonstrat...
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The problem of evil : the Gifford lectures delivered in the University of St. Andrews in 2003 / Peter van Inwagen.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-180) and index.
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N214/3
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0199245606 (alk. paper)
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214
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