The Hiddenness Argument
Philosophy's New Challenge to Belief in God
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 6 July 2017
- ISBN 9780198801177
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages160 pages
- Size 216x138x9 mm
- Weight 210 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book offers a new challenge to belief in God. If God did exist, we should expect it to be a lot easier to know that he exists. But it's not a clear fact, and this is reason to suppose it's not a fact at all. J. L. Schellenberg presents a lucid, vigorous presentation of the argument that he himself pioneered.
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In many places and times, and for many people, God's existence has been rather less than a clear fact. According to the hiddenness argument, this is actually a reason to suppose that it is not a fact at all.
The hiddenness argument is a new argument for atheism that has come to prominence in philosophy over the past two decades. J. L. Schellenberg first developed the argument in 1993, and this book offers a short and vigorous statement of its central claims and ideas. Logically sharp but so clear that anyone can understand, the book addresses little-discussed issues such as why it took so long for hiddenness reasoning to emerge in philosophy, and how the hiddenness problem is distinct from the problem of evil. It concludes with the fascinating thought that retiring the last of the personal gods might leave us nearer the beginning of religion than the end.
Though an atheist, Schellenberg writes sensitively and with a nuanced insider's grasp of the religious life. Pertinent aspects of his experience as a believer and as a nonbeliever, and of his own engagement with hiddenness issues, are included. Set in this personal context, and against an authoritative background on relevant logical, conceptual, and historical matters, The Hiddenness Argument's careful but provocative reasoning makes crystal clear just what this new argument is and why it matters.
Schellenberg anticipates and intercepts his readers' responses to his arguments, and throughout, the book succeeds in generating the sense that author and reader are engaged in dialogue ... Many readers will find The Hiddenness Argument productively thought provoking, a spur to reflection on the nature and desires of God.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Preface
Some Basic Tools
A Conceptual Map
Why So Late to the Show?
The Main Premise
Add Insight and Stir
Nonresistant Nonbelief
Must a God Be Loving?
The Challenge
Coda: After Personal Gods
Notes
Bibliography
Index
