God in the Age of Science?: A Critique of Religious Reason

ISBN-10: 0199697531
ISBN-13: 9780199697533
Category: Philosophy
Pages: 372
Language: English
Published: 2012-02-23
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author: Herman Philipse

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Herman Philipse puts forward a powerful new critique of belief in God. He examines the strategies that have been used for the philosophical defence of religious belief, and by careful reasoning casts doubt on the legitimacy of relying on faith instead of evidence, and on probabilistic arguments for the existence of God.

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