1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452817803321

Autore

Weingartner Paul

Titolo

God's existence, can it be proven? [[electronic resource] ] : a logical commentary on the five ways of Thomas Aquinas / / Paul Weingartner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt, : Ontos Verlag, 2010

ISBN

3-11-032462-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 p.)

Collana

Metaphysical Research ; ; 10

Metaphysical research ; ; Bd. 10

Classificazione

CE 4715

Disciplina

212/.1

Soggetti

God - Proof

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. The Five Ways: Preliminary Questions -- 2. The Five Ways -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The aim of the book is to show that the Five Ways of Thomas Aquinas, i.e. his five arguments to prove the existence of God, are logically correct arguments by the standards of modern Predicate Logic. In the first chapter this is done by commenting on the two preliminary articles preceeding the Five Ways in which Thomas Aquinas points out that on the one hand the existence of God is not self-evident to us and on the other hand, that, similar as in some scientific explanations, the mere existence of a cause for an effect which is evidently known to us can be proved. In the second chapter every a