Revisiting Aquinas' proofs for the existence of God /

This book is a collection of new papers written by scholars focusing on the famous Five Proofs or Ways (Quinque Viae) for the existence of God put forward by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) near the beginning of his unfinished tome, Summa Theologica. It is not an exaggeration to say that not only is...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Arp, Robert (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, 2016
Series:Value inquiry book series. Philosophy and religion ; 289.
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Table of Contents:
  • The first proof. The second proof. The third proof. The fourth proof. The fifth proof. One: a motion to reconsider: a defense of Aquinas? prime mover argument / Two: The prime mover removed: a contemporary critique of Aquinas? prime mover argument / Three: a response to Geenen and Hunt / Four: a response to McRae and McRae / Five: the relevance of Aquinas? uncaused cause argument / Six: the irrelevance of Aquinas? uncaused cause argument / Seven: a response to Roseman / Eight: a response to Kerr / Nine: from contingency to necessary being / Ten: problems with Aquinas? third way / Eleven: a response to Moad / Twelve: a response to Barkman / Thirteen: a fourth way to prove God's existence / Fourteen: not so superlative: the fourth way as comparatively problematic / Fifteen: a response to McCraw / Sixteen: a response to Beck / Seventeen : Aquinas' fifth way and the possibility of science / Eighteen: science and nature without God / Nineteen: a response to Decker / Twenty: a response to Hayes / Heather Thornton McRae and James McRae
  • Richard Geenen and Roger Hunt
  • Heather Thornton McRae and James McRae
  • Richard Geenen and Roger Hunt
  • Gaven Kerr
  • Herbert Roseman
  • Gaven Kerr
  • Herbert Roseman
  • Adam Barkman
  • Edward Moad
  • Adam Barkman
  • Edward Moad
  • David Beck
  • Benjamin W. McXraw
  • Edward N. Martin
  • Benjamin W. McCraw
  • Michael Hayes
  • Kevin S. Decker
  • Michael Hayes
  • Kevin S. Decker.