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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451303303321

Titolo

Philosophers without gods [[electronic resource] ] : meditations on Atheism and the secular life / / Louise M. Antony, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-15649-3

9786611156497

0-19-803859-3

1-4356-0049-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AntonyLouise M

Disciplina

211/.8

Soggetti

Atheism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-301) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Faith and reason, the perpetual war: ruminations of a fool / Sterwart Shapiro -- From Yeshiva Bochur to secular humanist / Joseph Levine -- Religio philosophi / Daniel Garber -- For the love of reason / Louise M. Antony -- Life without God: some personal costs / Daniel M. Farrell -- Overcoming Christianity / Walter Sinnott-Armstrong -- On becoming a heretic / Edwin Curley -- Mere stranger / Marvin Belzer -- An atheist's fundamentalism / James Tappenden -- Thank goodness! / Daniel C. Dennett -- Transcendence without God: on atheism and invisibility / Anthony Simon Laden -- An Aristotelian life / Marcia Homiak -- Without the net of providence: atheism and the human adventure / Kenneth A. Taylor -- Disenchantment / David Owens -- Religion and respect / Simon Blackburn -- Reasonable religious disagreements / Richard Feldman -- If God is dead, is everything permitted? / Elizabeth Secord Anderson -- Divine evil / David Lewis -- Meta-atheism: religious avowal as self-deception / Georges Rey -- Faith and Fanaticism / Jonathan E. Adler.

Sommario/riassunto

Editor's Introduction. Acknowledgements. Part One - Journeys. 1. Faith and Reason, the Perpetual War: Ruminations of a Fool, Stewart Shapiro (Ohio State). 2. From Yeshiva Bochur to Secular Humanist, Joseph



Levine (U Mass Amherst). 3. Religio Philosophi, Daniel Garber (Princeton). 4. For the Love of Reason, Louise Antony (U Mass Amherst). 5. Life Without God: Some Personal Costs, Daniel Ferell (Ohio State). 6. Overcoming Christianity, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Dartmouth). 7. On Becoming a Heretic, Edwin Curley (Michigan). 8. Mere Stranger, Marvin Belzer (Bowling Green). 9. An Atheist's Fundamen