Atheism And Theism - Blackwell - Philosophy

128 J.J. Haldane as caused by that kind of agency; and second, those in which the argument is from effects to a cause, itself th ...

Atheism and Theism 129 existencede dicto (the existence of the thing under the identifying description ‘a stone’). Thus it is wi ...

130 J.J. Haldane cause of change could certainly not be dependent on any externalfactor, nevertheless it might undergo modificat ...

Atheism and Theism 131 undergoing modification, and in the narrower sense of not being subject to emotion. This reasoning also b ...

132 J.J. Haldane lying in the bowl. In each case there is a (movable) ‘place’ in the universe that is the location for the insta ...

Atheism and Theism 133 points. For example, the claim that God is his essence bears on the meta- physical inseparability, even n ...

134 J.J. Haldane From Creature to Creator In the introduction to the present section, I mentioned that some who reject the tradi ...

Atheism and Theism 135 the concepts in question, viz.change, causation, contingency, necessity, purpose, thought, action and so ...

136 J.J. Haldane above to show that such a mind is simple, unique, unchanging, and so on. Yet, precisely this addition may seem ...

Atheism and Theism 137 proposition or set of propositions and its vehicle or embodiment. Once that distinction is made, however, ...

138 J.J. Haldane nature (a fractured bone) but in the attack there is the additional evil of a malevolent heart. Second, when pe ...

Atheism and Theism 139 a just God. However, a fully adequate theodicy has to do more than show the mere compatibility of God and ...

140 J.J. Haldane species. In creating such a system God brought into being and sustains a domain in which natural values are eve ...

Atheism and Theism 141 and to direct its operations in ways beneficial to human and other interests. Realizing one’s nature as a ...

142 J.J. Haldane there existed an omnibenevolent, omnipotent and omniscient being then there could not be evil, or – contraposin ...

Atheism and Theism 143 to moral self-realization and that God himself entered into the valley of death. What is to be made of th ...

144 J.J. Haldane eliminated in redrafting the cosmic design; yet he did it and in doing so subjected himself to conditions which ...

Atheism and Theism 145 between on the one hand the notion of objective probabilities rooted in the natures of physical systems, ...

146 J.J. Haldane to be the more plausible, yet the former deserves further consideration. In the case of non-rational agents it ...

Atheism and Theism 147 to emphasize, however, against a common assumption among theists who claim to believe in the miraculous, ...