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The Existence of God is a 1979 book by British philosopher of religion Richard Swinburne, [1] [2] claiming the existence of the Abrahamic God on rational grounds. The argument rests on an updated version of natural theology with biological evolution using scientific inference, mathematical probability theory, such as Bayes' theorem, and of inductive logic. [3]
A more elaborate version was given by Gottfried Leibniz in the early eighteenth century. [1] Kurt Gödel created a formalization of Leibniz' version, known as Gödel's ontological proof. [1] A more recent argument was made by Stephen D. Unwin in 2003, who suggested the use of Bayesian probability to estimate the probability of God's existence. [2]
The origins of the cosmological argument can be traced to classical antiquity, rooted in the concept of the prime mover, introduced by Aristotle.In the 6th century, Syriac Christian theologian John Philoponus (c. 490–c. 570) proposed the first known version of the argument based on the impossibility of an infinite temporal regress, postulating that time itself must have had a beginning.
Definition 1: An object is God-like if, and only if, has all positive properties. Axiom 3: The property of being God-like is itself a positive property. Theorem 2: It is possible that there exists a God-like object x {\displaystyle x} (in at least one possible world, there exists a God-like object x {\displaystyle x} ).
The work has been described as codification of the Hindu arguments for the existence of God. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has been noted that this treatise is the most elaborate and the most fundamental work of the Nyaya-Vaiseshika school on the Isvara doctrine.
Therefore, the question of God's existence may lie outside the purview of modern science by definition. [27] The Catholic Church maintains that knowledge of the existence of God is the "natural light of human reason". [28] Fideists maintain that belief in God's existence may not be amenable to demonstration or refutation, but rests on faith alone.
The Existence of God (1965) Sentience (1976) A History of Philosophy (1968), revised and published in 2 volumes as A New History of Philosophy (1987), and revised again (2000) The Warren-Matson Debate on the Existence of God (1978) Uncorrected Papers (2006)
Agnosticism is the belief that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable. Some theists view knowledge concerning God as derived from faith. God is often conceived as the greatest entity in existence. [1] God is often believed to be the cause of all things and so is seen as the creator, sustainer, and ruler of the universe