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ISBN-10 :  0191076435 

ISBN-13 : 9780191076435

Author:  Yujin Nagasawa 

Yujin Nagasawa presents a new, stronger version of perfect being theism, the conception of God as the greatest possible being. Although perfect being theism is the most common form of monotheism in the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition its truth has been disputed by philosophers and theologians for centuries. Nagasawa proposes a new, game-changing defence of perfect being theism by developing what he calls the ‘maximal concept of God’. Perfect being theists typically maintain that God is an omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent being; according to Nagasawa, God should be understood rather as a being that has the maximal consistent set of knowledge, power, and benevolence. Nagasawa argues that once we accept the maximal concept we can establish perfect being theism on two grounds. First, we can refute nearly all existing arguments against perfect being theism simultaneously. Second, we can construct a novel, strengthened version of the modal ontological argument for perfect being theism. Nagasawa concludes that the maximal concept grants us a unified defence of perfect being theism that is highly effective and economical.

Maximal God: A New Defence of Perfect Being Theism 1st Table of contents:

Part I. Perfect Being Theism
1. Conceptual, Historical, and Cognitive Roots of Perfect Being Theism
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Perfect Being Theism vs. Atheism, Polytheism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
1.3 Historical Origins
1.4 Cognitive and Developmental Origins
1.5 The Merits of Perfect Being Theism
1.6 Arguments for Perfect Being Theism
1.7 Arguments Against Perfect Being Theism
1.8 Conclusion
2. Perfect Being Theism and the Great Chain of Being
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Great Chain of Being
2.3 Some Preliminaries
2.4 The Linear Model
2.5 The Radial Model
2.6 The Comprehensive Greatness View
2.7 Objections to the Comprehensive Greatness View
2.8 Reconsidering the Linear Model
2.9 A Knock-Down Objection to the Linear Model?
2.10 Conclusion
Part II. The Maximal God Refutation of Arguments Against Perfect Being Theism
3. Maximal God and Arguments Against Perfect Being Theism I
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Perfect Being Thesis and the Omni God Thesis
3.3 Three Types of Argument Against Perfect Being Theism
3.4 The Case-by-Case Approach to Arguments Against Perfect Being Theism
3.5 The Maximal God Thesis
3.6 Maximal God and Epistemically Possible Scenarios
3.7 Conclusion
4. Maximal God and Arguments Against Perfect Being Theism II
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Objections Concerning God’s Great-Making Properties
4.3 Objections Concerning the Monotheistic Aspect of Perfect Being Theism
4.4 Objections Concerning Evil
4.5 Objections Concerning Methodological Issues
4.6 Conclusion
Part III. The Maximal God Defence of the Ontological Argument for Perfect Being Theism
5. A Partial Defence of the Classical Ontological Argument I
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Anselm Invented the Classical Ontological Argument
5.3 Why the Classical Ontological Argument Persists
5.4 The Theory of Natures
5.5 Millican’s Objection to the Classical Ontological Argument
5.6 Initial Response to Millican’s Objection
5.7 Further Response to Millican’s Objection
5.8 Response to Millican’s Rejoinder
5.9 Conclusion
6. A Partial Defence of the Classical Ontological Argument II
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Gaunilo’s Island Parody
6.3 Responses to Gaunilo’s Island Parody
6.4 The Virtues of the Parody Objection
6.5 Millican’s AntiGod Parody
6.6 Response to Millican’s AntiGod Parody
6.7 Chambers’s Devil Parody
6.8 Objection to Chambers’s Devil Parody
6.9 A Hypothesis Concerning the Parody Objection
6.10 Conclusion
7. Maximal God and the Modal Ontological Argument
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The Modal Ontological Argument
7.3 Existing Arguments for the Possibility Premise
7.4 The Maximal God Argument for the Possibility Premise
7.5 Conclusion

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