that the concept of God is necessary? Can we not state that the concept of God is necessary … (the concept of God is contradictory). E. It is not the case that (the concept of God … and the Ontological Argument.” International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion 11 (Fall

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The existence of God is a subject of debate in the philosophy of religion and theology. A wide variety of arguments for and against the existence of God The existence of God is a subject of debate in the philosophy of religion and theology. A wide variety of arguments for and against the existence of God (with the same or similar arguments also generally being used when talking about the existence of multiple deities) can be categorized as logical, empirical, metaphysical, subjective, or scientific. In philosophical terms, the question of the exis The existence of God is a subject of debate in the philosophy of religion and theology. A wide variety of arguments for and against the existence of God (with the same or similar arguments also generally being used when talking about the existence of multiple deities) can be categorized as logical, empirical, metaphysical, subjective, or scientific. In philosophical terms, the question of the existence of God involves the disciplines of epistemology (the nature and scope of knowledge) and ontology (study of the nature of being or existence) and the theory of value (since some definitions of God include perfection). The Western tradition of philosophical discussion of the existence of God began with Plato and Aristotle, who made arguments for the existence of a being responsible for fashioning the universe, referred to as the demiurge or the unmoved mover, that today would be categorized as cosmological arguments. Other arguments for the existence of God have been proposed by St. Anselm, who formulated the first ontological argument; Thomas Aquinas, who presented his own version of the cosmological argument (the first way); René Descartes, who said that the existence of a benevolent God is logically necessary for the evidence of the senses to be meaningful. John Calvin argued for a sensus divinitatis, which gives each human a knowledge of God's existence. Islamic philosophers who developed arguments for the existence of God comprise Averroes, who made arguments influenced by Aristotle's concept of the unmoved mover; Al-Ghazali and Al-Kindi, who presented the Kalam cosmological argument; Avicenna, who presented the Proof of the Truthful; and Al-Farabi, who made Neoplatonic arguments. In philosophy, specifically the philosophy of religion, atheism refers to the proposition that God does not exist. Some religions, such as Jainism, reject the possibility of a creator deity. Philosophers who have provided arguments against the existence of God include David Hume, Ludwig Feuerbach, and Bertrand Russell. Theism, the proposition that God exists, is the dominant view among philosophers of religion. In a 2020 PhilPapers survey, 69.50% of philosophers of religion stated…

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ABSTRACT The present study deals with the issue of atheism and attempts to clarify the claims made in its name by referring especially to atheism as discussed in contemporary British philosophy and by limiting the study to the terminology developed by the contemporary British philosophers. Atheism, as a philosophical term, includes both the criticism and the rejection of theism. In general, it involves a negative stand against the concept of the God of the Semitic religions seen as the creator and transcendent. It takes the form of interpreting existence, the universe, and life. Beyond the philosophical approach, for some it involves a practical way of life. At its root atheism aims to refute the assertions and arguments of theism and present its own claims. In this process the philosophical and practical foundations of atheism have been laid and the arguments set forth. This thesis entitled, Atheism in Contemporary British Philosophy, firstly focuses on defining atheism and noting its varieties, its realty, and history in brief. It also examines atheism's relationship to other philosophical theories that consider the existence or non-existence of God such as theism, deism, pantheism, and agnosticism. It then looks at the theories and discussions that have stemmed from the debates between theists and atheists. It particularly focuses on the analyses presented by verificationist, functionalist, linguistic, and conativist philosophers, and how they have, on the whole, dealt wit

is the so-called ontological proof, which finds the warrant for the existence of God in the concept . It is only after Descartes has established the validity

from St Augustine, a city of God . Philosophy of the State (Political Philosophy ), Philosophy of History, Philosophy of Religion .—In Plato and Aristotle