An Agnostic Defends God: How Science and Philosophy Support Agnosticism
Author:   Bryan Frances
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
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9783030733339


Pages:   157
Publication Date:   20 May 2022
Format:   Paperback
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This book contains a unique perspective: that of a scientifically and philosophically educated agnostic who thinks there is impressive—if maddeningly hidden—evidence for the existence of God. Science and philosophy may have revealed the poverty of the familiar sources of evidence, but they generate their own partial defense of theism. Bryan Frances, a philosopher with a graduate degree in physics, judges the standard evidence for God’s existence to be awful. And yet, like many others with similar scientific and philosophical backgrounds, he argues that the usual reasons for atheism, such as the existence of suffering and success of science, are weak. In this book you will learn why so many people with scientific and philosophical credentials are agnostics (rather than atheists) despite judging all the usual evidence for theism to be fatally flawed.

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Author:   Bryan Frances
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.233kg
ISBN:  

9783030733339


ISBN 10:   3030733335
Pages:   157
Publication Date:   20 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Acknowledgements1. Introduction: A Peculiar Defense of God.  Part One: The Rationality and Irrationality of Religious Belief. 2. Rational Belief in God.  3. Irrational Belief in God. Part Two: The Failure of Arguments for God. 4. The Design of Life and the Laws of Nature.  5. The Origin of the Universe.  Part Three: The Failure of Arguments against God. 6. The Problem of Suffering.  7. Intractable Religious Disagreement.  8. Why Advanced Science and Philosophy Support Humility.  Part Four: The Case for Agnosticism     9. The Experience Argument for God 10: Two Troubles with Agnosticism

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Bryan Frances is Associate Professor of Philosophy at United Arab Emirates University, UAE.

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