LEADER 02921oam 2200469 450 001 9910255206403321 005 20190911120325.0 010 $a3-319-55384-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-55384-9 035 $a(OCoLC)1018400451 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL85KP 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000587768 100 $a20170222h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGod and abstract objects $ethe coherence of theism : aseity /$fWilliam Lane Craig 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$a[Cham, Switzerland] :$cSpringer,$d[2017] 210 4$d?2017 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 540 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aGale eBooks 311 $a3-319-55383-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aTheism 606 $aGod 606 $aObject (Philosophy) 615 0$aTheism. 615 0$aGod. 615 0$aObject (Philosophy) 676 $a210 700 $aCraig$b William Lane$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0558 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910255206403321 996 $aGod and Abstract Objects$92202188 997 $aUNINA