The Problem of Evil: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St Andrews in 2003 by Van Inwagen, Peter
The Problem of Evil: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St Andrews in 2003 by Van Inwagen, Peter

The Problem of Evil: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St Andrews in 2003

It is generally supposed that the fact that the world contains a vast amount of suffering, much...
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The Problem of Evil: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St Andrews in 2003 by Van Inwagen, Peter

The Problem of Evil: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St Andrews in 2003

BD$91.64
The Problem of Evil: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St Andrews in 2003 by Van Inwagen, Peter

The Problem of Evil: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St Andrews in 2003

BD$91.64
Author: Peter Van Inwagen
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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It is generally supposed that the fact that the world contains a vast amount of suffering, much of it truly horrible suffering, confronts those who believe in an all-powerful and benevolent Creator with a serious problem: to explain why such a Creator would permit this. Many reflective people are convinced that the problem, the problem of evil, is insoluble. The reasons that underlie this conviction can be formulated as a powerful argument for the non-existence of God, the so-called argument from evil: If there were a God, he would not permit the existence of vast amounts of truly horrible suffering; since such suffering exists, there is no God. Peter van Inwagen examines this argument, which he regards as a paradigmatically philosophical argument. His conclusion is that (like most philosophical arguments) it is a failure. He seeks to demonstrate, not that God exists, but the fact that the world contains a vast amount of suffering does not show that God does not exist.

Along the way he discusses a wide range of topics of interest to philosophers and theologians, such as: the concept of God; what might be meant by describing a philosophical argument as a failure; the distinction between versions of the argument from evil that depend on the vast amount of evil in the world and versions of the argument that depend on a particular evil, such as the Lisbon earthquake or the death of a fawn in a forest fire; the free-will defense; animal suffering; and the problem of the hiddenness of God.

Author: Peter Van Inwagen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 06/15/2008
Pages: 198
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780199543977

About the Author

Peter van Inwagen is the O'Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His many publications include An Essay on Free Will (1983), Material Beings (1990), Ontology, Identity, and Modality: Essays in Metaphysics (2001), and Metaphysics (1993, second edition 2002). He has delivered the Gifford Lectures at the University of St Andrews, the Wilde Lectures at Oxford University, the Maurice Lectures at the University of London, and the Stewart Lectures at Princeton University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.



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