Nagasawa argues that god should be understood, not as omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent, but rather as a being that has the maximal consistent set of knowledge, power, and benevolence. They are interested in epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of cognitive science, medieval and renaissance philosophy, and 17th18th century philosophy. A philosophical introduction, by yujin nagasawa doc. In this muchneeded book, yujin nagasawa, an innovative and fearless philosopher, expands our understanding of miracles and provides a sweeping, thoughtful, penetrating, objective account of their origins and meaning. Wood professor of theology at the university of birmingham. He was educated as an undergraduate at the state universityof new york at stony brook and received his phd from the australian national university anu. According to him, we are obliged to believe in god because without faith in god we will behave immorally. He is also former president of the british society for the philosophy of religion. The maximalgod and the problem of evil yujin nagasawa abstract i have argued elsewhere that nearly all existing arguments against anselmian theismsuch as the paradox of the stone, the argument from gods inability to sin, and the problem of evilcan be refuted.
Book authors are offered the opportunity to provide their comments, which the. The first premiere series aired in 2000 for 2 seasons, followed by a second series aired in 2003 for a single season. He is the editorcoeditor of palgrave handbook of the afterlife with benjamin matheson, palgrave macmillan, 2017, consciousness in the physical world. Dennett 4 dennett on the knowledge argument 69 howard robinson part iii the ability hypothesis 75. Wood professor of the philosophy of religion formerly known as h. We are grateful to mark murphy and yujin nagasawa for comments on earlier versions of this paper. Anselmian theists, for whom god is the being than which no greater can be thought, usually infer that he is an omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent being. The existence of god a philosophical introduction taylor.
He was educated as an undergraduate in philosophy and applied mathematics at the state university of new york at stony brook in the. Of course, there is a moral argument for the existence of god, popularized by william james nagasawa 33. Torin alter, yujin nagasawa according to russellian monism, an alternative to the familiar theories in the philosophy of mind that combines attractive components of physicalism and dualism, matter has intrinsic properties that both constitute consciousness and serve as categorical bases for the dispositional properties described in physics. Dirty everyday slang, by alice rose, nati vale, pedro a cabral. According to socalled traditional theism, god is an omniscient, omnipotent and morally perfect creator of the universe that is ontologically distinct from his creation. Daniel stoljar and yujin nagasawa part i blackandwhite mary 37 1 epiphenomenal qualia 39 frank jackson 2 what mary didnt know 51 frank jackson part ii does she learn anything. He was also the president of the british society for the philosophy of religion. A very short introduction yujin nagasawa very short introductions.
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Closer to truth is a continuing television series on pbs and public television originally created, produced and hosted by robert lawrence kuhn. In this book the awardwinning author and philosopher yujin nagasawa addresses some of our most fundamental. So, if god can neither be created nor create itself, then the only option remaining, it seems, would be that god must be selfexisting. Charles hartshorne and norman malcolm maintain that anselm provides two versions of the ontological argument, one non. A philosophical introduction, by yujin nagasawa pdf the existence of god.
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They evoke intense, polarizing reactions uncritical acceptance from believers, derisive denial from nonbelievers. The current third series of the program, closer to truth. Essays on phenomenal consciousness and frank jacksons knowledge argument 2004, new waves in philosophy of religion 2008 and scientific approaches to the philosophy of religion 2012. The maximalgod and the problem of evil yujin nagasawa abstract i have argued elsewhere that nearly all existing arguments against anselmian theismsuch as the paradox of the stone, the argument from gods inability to sin, and the problem of evilcan be refuted all at once by holding that god possesses the. Virtual issue on pantheism, panentheism and other alternatives to traditional theism editors introduction by yujin nagasawa. Although perfect being theism is the most common form of monotheism in the judeochristianislamic tradition its truth has been disputed by philosophers and theologians for centuries. It would not make sense for anything to have created god, because then that anything, not god, would be god.
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Although perfect being theism is the most common form of monotheism in the judeochristianislamic tradition its truth has been disputed by. A new defence of perfect being theism oxford university press, 2017, miracles. He is author of god and phenomenal consciousness 2008, and editorcoeditor of theres something about mary. Yujin nagasawas clear and accessible writing style and mastery of the subject matter make this an engaging read. Relevant business enquiries only be sure your message respects this users preferences. Yujin nagasawa is a professor of philosophy, and codirector of the john hick centre for philosophy of religion in the school of philosophy, theology and religion at the university of birmingham. The maximalgod and the problem of evil yujin nagasawa.
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