03659nam 2200685 450 991045638340332120200520144314.01-281-99170-897866119917081-4426-7155-610.3138/9781442671553(CKB)2430000000001983(EBL)3255215(SSID)ssj0000290309(PQKBManifestationID)11911100(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290309(PQKBWorkID)10404908(PQKB)11253683(CaBNvSL)thg00601072 (MiAaPQ)EBC3255215(MiAaPQ)EBC4671250(DE-B1597)464230(OCoLC)944178419(OCoLC)999373757(DE-B1597)9781442671553(Au-PeEL)EBL4671250(CaPaEBR)ebr11256968(OCoLC)958515417(EXLCZ)99243000000000198320160915h20052005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBoyle on atheism /transcribed and edited by J. J. MacIntoshToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2005.©20051 online resource (520 p.)Toronto Studies in PhilosophyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8020-9018-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS FOR BOYLE'S WORK -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- Boyle's Life -- 1. Boyle's Headings and Overview -- 2. Demonstration and Its Difficulties -- 3. Arguments for God's Existence -- 4. The Unprevalence of Arguments against God's Existence -- 5. The Conclusion -- APPENDIX A: DATING -- APPENDIX B: PEOPLE MENTIONED BY BOYLE IN THIS VOLUME -- NOTES -- INDEXOpposition to atheism flourished in the seventeenth century, and famed scientist-philosopher Robert Boyle (1627-91) was so opposed to it that he had planned throughout his life to publish a work on his various objections, a project that never came to fruition. Despite this, a great deal of his thought on atheism still exists within the manuscripts he left behind after his death.With Boyle on Atheism, J.J. MacIntosh has culled the Boyle manuscripts held at the Royal Society Library in London and transcribed the portions that relate to atheism, arranging them in the order Boyle appears to have intended (as outlined in one of the pieces). The volume contains Boyle's views on the causes (and remedies) of atheism, the nature of God, various possible arguments for God's existence, the excellency of Christianity, and the character of atheists and the deficiencies to be found in their arguments.To round out the volume, MacIntosh has added a short biography of Boyle, a general introduction to the text, introductions to the various sections, and explanatory footnotes. Boyle on Atheism provides, for the first time, and at length, publication of the material that Boyle himself thought worth marshalling on a subject of great personal importance.Toronto studies in philosophyAtheismGodProofElectronic books.Atheism.GodProof.212.1Boyle Robert1627-1691,MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456383403321Boyle on atheism2485626UNINA