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Six Views on the Problem of God and Abstract Objects
Beyond the Control of God?
Six Views on the Problem of God and Abstract Objects
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The question of God's relationship to abstract objects touches on a number of perennial concerns related to the nature of God. God is typically thought to be an independent and self-sufficient being. Further, God is typically thought to be supremely sovereign such that all reality distinct from God is dependent on God's creative and sustaining activity. However, the view that there are abstract objects seems to be a repudiation of this traditional understanding of God. Abstract objects are typically thought to exist necessarily and it is natural to think that if something exists necessarily, it does so because it is its nature to exist. Thus, abstract objects exist independently of God. Philosophers have called this the problem of God and abstract objects.
In this book, six contemporary solutions to the problem are set out and defended against objections. It will be valuable for all students or scholars who are interested in the concept and nature of God.
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Problem of God and Abstract Objects Paul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
1. God and Propositions Keith Yandell, University of Wisconsin, USA
Response to Yandell
Paul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA & Richard Brian Davis, Tyndale University, Canada
Greg Welty, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology, USA
Scott A. Shalkowski, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Graham Oppy, Monash University, Australia
Response to Critics
Keith Yandell, University of Wisconsin, USA
2. Modified Theistic Activism Paul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA & Richard Brian Davis, Tyndale University, Canada
Response to Gould/Davis
Keith Yandell, University of Wisconsin, USA
Greg Welty, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology, USA
Scott A. Shalkowski, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Graham Oppy, Monash University, Australia
Response to Critics
Paul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA & Richard Brian Davis, Tyndale University, Canada
3. Theistic Conceptual Realism Greg Welty, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
Response to Welty
Keith Yandell, University of Wisconsin, USA
Paul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA & Richard Brian Davis, Tyndale University, Canada
William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology, USA
Scott A. Shalkowski, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Graham Oppy, Monash University, Australia
Response to Critics
Greg Welty, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
4. Anti-Platonism William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology, USA
Response to Craig
Keith Yandell, University of Wisconsin, USA
Paul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA & Richard Brian Davis, Tyndale University, Canada
Greg Welty, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
Scott A. Shalkowski, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Graham Oppy, Monash University, Australia
Response to Critics
William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology, USA
5. God with or without Abstract Objects Scott A. Shalkowski, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Response to Shalkowski
Keith Yandell, University of Wisconsin, USA
Paul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA & Richard Brian Davis, Tyndale University, Canada
Greg Welty, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology, USA
Graham Oppy, Monash University, Australia
Response to Critics
Scott A. Shalkowski, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
6. Abstract Objects? Who Cares! Graham Oppy, Monash University, Australia
Response to Oppy
Keith Yandell, University of Wisconsin, USA
Paul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA & Richard Brian Davis, Tyndale University, Canada
Greg Welty, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology, USA
Scott A. Shalkowski, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Response to Critics
Graham Oppy, Monash University, Australia
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
Product details

Published | Mar 27 2014 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 224 |
ISBN | 9781623563653 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
Series | Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy of Religion |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |