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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255206403321

Autore

Craig William Lane

Titolo

God and abstract objects : the coherence of theism : aseity / / William Lane Craig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Cham, Switzerland] : , : Springer, , [2017]

�2017

ISBN

3-319-55384-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 540 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

210

Soggetti

Theism

God

Object (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. The Problematic -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Theology Proper and Abstract Objects -- Chapter 3. The Indispensability Argument for Platonism -- Part 2. Realist Solutions -- Chapter 4. Absolute Creationism -- Chapter 5. Non-Platonic Realism -- Part 3. Anti-Realist Solutions -- Chapter 6. Alternative Logics and Semantics -- Chapter 7. Fictionalism -- Chapter 8. Ultima Facie Interpretive Strategies -- Chapter 9. Pretense Theory -- Chapter 10. Neo-Meinongianism -- Chapter 11. Neutralism -- Part 4. Conclusion -- Chapter 12. Concluding Remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is an exploration and defense of the coherence of classical theism’s doctrine of divine aseity in the face of the challenge posed by Platonism with respect to abstract objects. A synoptic work in analytic philosophy of religion, the book engages discussions in philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and metaontology. It addresses absolute creationism, non-Platonic realism, fictionalism, neutralism, and alternative logics and semantics, among other topics. The book offers a helpful taxonomy of the wide range of options available to the classical theist for dealing with the challenge of Platonism. It probes in detail the diverse views on the reality of abstract objects and their compatibility with classical theism. It contains a most



thorough discussion, rooted in careful exegesis, of the biblical and patristic basis of the doctrine of divine aseity. Finally, it challenges the influential Quinean metaontological theses concerning the way in which we make ontological commitments.