List of Contributors
Introduction
· Jerry L. Walls and Trent Dougherty
I. Half a Dozen (or so) Ontological (or Metaphysical) Arguments
(A) The Argument from Intentionality (or Aboutness)
· Lorraine Keller
(B) The Argument from Collections
· Christopher Menzel
(C) The Argument from (Natural) Numbers
· Tyron Goldshmidt
(D) The Argument from Counterfactuals
· Alex Pruss
(E) The Argument from Physical Constants
· Robin Collins
(F) The Naive Teleological Argument
· C. Stephen Evans
(H) The Ontological Argument
· Elizabeth Burns
(I) Why is there Anything at All?
· Josh Rasmussen and Christopher Gregory Weaver
II. Half a Dozen Epistemological Arguments
(J) The Argument from Positive Epistemic Status
· Justin Barrett
(K) The Argument from the Confluence of Proper Function and
Reliability
· Alex Arnold
(L) The Argument from Simplicity and (M) The Argument from
Induction
· Bradley Monton
(N) The Putnamian Argument (the Argument from the Rejection of
Global Skepticism) [also, (O) The Argument from Reference and (K)
The Argument from the Confluence of Proper Function and
Reliability]
· Evan Fales
(N) The Putnamian Argument, (O) The Argument from Reference, and
(P) The Kripke-Wittgenstein Argument from Plus and Quus
· Dan Bonevac
(Q) The General Argument from Intuition.
· Rob Koons
III. Moral Arguments
(R) Moral Arguments (actually R1 to Rn)
· David Baggett
(R*) The Argument from Evil
· Hud Hudson
IV. Other Arguments
(S) The Argument from Colors and Flavors
· Richard Swinburne
(T) The Argument from Love and (Y) The Argument from the Meaning of
Life
· Jerry Walls
(U) The Mozart Argument and (V) The Argument from Play and
Enjoyment
· Philip Tallon
(W) Arguments from Providence and from Miracles
· Tim McGrew
(X) C.S. Lewis's Argument from Nostalgia
· Todd Buras and Mike Cantrell
(Z) The Argument from (A) to (Y)
· Ted Poston
V. "Or so": Three More Arguments
The Kalam Cosmological Argument
· William Lane Craig
The Argument from Possibility
· Brian Leftow
The Argument from the Incompleteness of Nature
· Bruce Gordon
Afterword - Trent Dougherty and Alvin Plantinga: An Interview on
Faith and Reason
Appendix 1: Plantinga's Original "Two Dozen or (So) Theistic
Arguments"
Jerry L. Walls is Scholar in Residence and Professor of Philosophy
at Houston Baptist University. He is the author or co-author of
over fifteen books, including, most recently, God and Cosmos, with
David Baggett (OUP, 2016).
Trent Dougherty is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Baylor
University. He is the editor or co-editor of several books,
including Evidentialism and Its Discontents and Skeptical Theism.
He is the author of The Problem of Animal Pain.
"Recommended." -- CHOICE
"The volume's comprehensive scope, detailed treatment, and
innovative character make it an essential text for those interested
in the current state-of-play of natural theology within the
analytic tradition" -- Robert MacSwain, Reading Religion
"this is an essential volume for those interested in current trends
in natural theology ... it is hard to imagine subsequent treatments
of theistic arguments not using this volume as a regular point of
reference, just as with the original lecture that inspired it." --
Robert MacSwain, Reading Religion
"Proofs for the existence of God are always of interest to
theologians and philosophers of religion, and the prospect of
seriously considering 'two dozen or so' of them from Plantinga is
mouth-watering. The arguments themselves are novel and fascinating,
and treated by authors of extraordinarily high quality."--Stephen
Davis, Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna
College
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