God-Talk Reconstructed An Introduction to Philosophy of God
- Bangalore Dharmaram Publications 2006
- 165p
includes index and biblioraphy
Chapter One Meaning and Reference of the Word `God` A. Meanings of Meaning 1. Meaning and reference 2. Indirect and direct reference 3. Significance of direct reference 16 B. Faith and Reason as two Modes of God-talk 18 1. Critique of reason as capable of reaching God 20 2. Between rigorous proofs and complete non-rationality 24 3. `Both -And`: modal language and model language 27 Chapter Two . Rationality for God`s Existence A. The Ontological Argument of Anselm 34 1. Anselm`s argument in brief ` 35 2. Argument in Proslogion II 36 3. Gannilo`s Liber pro insipiente 37, 4. Argument in Proslogion III 39 5. St. Thomas` critique of the ontological argument 41 6. Descartes` defence in the Meditations 42 7. Kant`s objections to the ontological argument 44 8. Hartshorne`s resolution 48 B. The Cosmological Arguments of Thomas Aquinas 52 1. Argument from the existence of motion 54 2. The phenomenon of motion/change 55 3 . Whatever is moved is moved by another 57 4. Impossibility of infinite series 59