Author: Julian Baggini
Publisher: Sterling
Keywords: insight, brief, atheism
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2009-10-06
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1402768826
ISBN-13: 9781402768828
Is a life without religion one without values or purpose? Julian Baggini emphatically says no. He sets out to dispel the myths surrounding atheism and to show how it can be both a meaningful and moral choice. He directly confronts the failure of officially atheist states in the twentieth century, and presents an intellectual case for atheism that rests as much on reasoned and positive arguments for its truth as on negative arguments against religion.
Author: Edward Feser
Publisher: St. Augustine’s Pre
Keywords: atheism, new, refutation, superstition, last
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2008-10-13
List price: $27.00
ISBN-10: 1587314517
ISBN-13: 9781587314513
The central contention of the "New Atheism" of Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens is that there has for several centuries been a war between science and religion, that religion has been steadily losing that war, and that at this point in human history a completely secular scientific account of the world has been worked out in such thorough and convincing detail that there is no longer any reason why a rational and educated person should find the claims of any religion the least bit worthy of attention. But as Edward Feser argues in The Last Superstition, in f
Author: Michael Martin
Publisher: Temple University Press
Keywords: justification, philosophical, atheism
Number of Pages: 541
Published: 1992-01-08
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0877229430
ISBN-13: 9780877229438
"Thousands of philosophers--from the ancient Greeks to modern thinkers--have defended atheism, but none more comprehensively than Martin. . . . Atheists should read it to bolster their creed, and theists should read it to test their faith against the deadly force of Martin’s attack."--Martin Gardner, The Humanist.
Author: Gregory E. Ganssle
Publisher: Baylor University Pre
Keywords: face, atheism, new, engaging, god, reasonable
Number of Pages: 165
Published: 2009-09-15
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1602582416
ISBN-13: 9781602582415
Calmly engaging the philosophical arguments posed by best-selling authors Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins, and to a lesser extent, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris, Gregory Ganssle’s A Reasonable God is a nuanced, charitable, and philosophically well-informed defense of the existence of God. Eschewing the rhetoric and provocative purposes of the New Atheists, Ganssle instead lucidly and objectively analyzes each argument on its own philosophical merits, to see how persuasive they prove to be. Surveying topics including the relationship between faith and reason, moral arguments for
Author:
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: secular, life, atheism, meditations, gods, philosophers
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2007-08-08
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 0195173074
ISBN-13: 9780195173079
Atheists are frequently demonized as arrogant intellectuals, antagonistic to religion, devoid of moral sentiments, advocates of an "anything goes" lifestyle. Now, in this revealing volume, nineteen leading philosophers open a window on the inner life of atheism, shattering these common stereotypes as they reveal how they came to turn away from religious belief. These highly engaging personal essays capture the marvelous diversity to be found among atheists, providing a portrait that will surprise most readers. Many of the authors, for example, express great affection for particular religi
Author: Paul C. Vitz
Publisher: Spence Publishing Company
Keywords: atheism, psychology, fatherless, faith
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2000-04-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1890626252
ISBN-13: 9781890626259
Starting with Freud’s "projection theory" of religion-that belief in God is merely a product of man’s desire for security-Professor Vitz argues that psychoanalysis actually provides a more satisfying explanation for atheism. Disappointment in one’s earthly father, whether through death, absence, or mistreatment, frequently leads to a rejection of God. A biographical survey of influential atheists of the past four centuries shows that this "defective father hypothesis" provides a consistent explanation of the "intense atheism" of these thinkers. A survey of the leading intelle
Author: J.J. MacIntosh
Publisher: University Of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing
Keywords: philosophy, studies, toronto, atheism, boyle
Number of Pages: 550
Published: 2006-05-13
List price: $109.00
ISBN-10: 0802090184
ISBN-13: 9780802090188
Opposition 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 i
