LEADER 03659nam 2200685 450 001 9910456383403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99170-8 010 $a9786611991708 010 $a1-4426-7155-6 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442671553 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001983 035 $a(EBL)3255215 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000290309 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11911100 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290309 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10404908 035 $a(PQKB)11253683 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00601072 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255215 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671250 035 $a(DE-B1597)464230 035 $a(OCoLC)944178419 035 $a(OCoLC)999373757 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442671553 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671250 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256968 035 $a(OCoLC)958515417 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001983 100 $a20160915h20052005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBoyle on atheism /$ftranscribed and edited by J. J. MacIntosh 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (520 p.) 225 0 $aToronto Studies in Philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-9018-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tABBREVIATIONS FOR BOYLE'S WORK -- $tGENERAL INTRODUCTION -- $tBoyle's Life -- $t1. Boyle's Headings and Overview -- $t2. Demonstration and Its Difficulties -- $t3. Arguments for God's Existence -- $t4. The Unprevalence of Arguments against God's Existence -- $t5. The Conclusion -- $tAPPENDIX A: DATING -- $tAPPENDIX B: PEOPLE MENTIONED BY BOYLE IN THIS VOLUME -- $tNOTES -- $tINDEX 330 $aOpposition to atheism flourished in the seventeenth century, and famed scientist-philosopher Robert Boyle (1627-91) was so opposed to it that he had planned throughout his life to publish a work on his various objections, a project that never came to fruition. Despite this, a great deal of his thought on atheism still exists within the manuscripts he left behind after his death.With Boyle on Atheism, J.J. MacIntosh has culled the Boyle manuscripts held at the Royal Society Library in London and transcribed the portions that relate to atheism, arranging them in the order Boyle appears to have intended (as outlined in one of the pieces). The volume contains Boyle's views on the causes (and remedies) of atheism, the nature of God, various possible arguments for God's existence, the excellency of Christianity, and the character of atheists and the deficiencies to be found in their arguments.To round out the volume, MacIntosh has added a short biography of Boyle, a general introduction to the text, introductions to the various sections, and explanatory footnotes. Boyle on Atheism provides, for the first time, and at length, publication of the material that Boyle himself thought worth marshalling on a subject of great personal importance. 410 0$aToronto studies in philosophy 606 $aAtheism 606 $aGod$xProof 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAtheism. 615 0$aGod$xProof. 676 $a212.1 702 $aBoyle$b Robert$f1627-1691, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456383403321 996 $aBoyle on atheism$92485626 997 $aUNINA