ABSTRACT

Is it possible to prove or disprove God's existence? Arguments for the existence of God have taken many different forms over the centuries: in The Non-Existence of God, Nicholas Everitt considers all of the arguments and examines the role that reason and knowledge play in the debate over God's existence. He draws on recent scientific disputes over neo-Darwinism, the implication of 'big bang' cosmology, and the temporal and spatial size of the universe; and discusses some of the most recent work on the subject, leading to a controversial conclusion.

part 1|2 pages

Reasoning about God

chapter |4 pages

The variety of reasons

chapter 2|5 pages

Reformed Epistemology

chapter |5 pages

Assessment

chapter 3|28 pages

Ontological arguments

chapter 4|7 pages

Cosmological arguments

part |2 pages

Can there be an infinity of past causes?

part 5|1 pages

Teleological arguments

chapter |15 pages

The argument from order as such

chapter |3 pages

The relevance of Darwin

chapter |8 pages

Criticisms of Darwin

chapter 6|5 pages

Arguments to and from miracles

chapter |11 pages

Assessment of Hume’s argument

chapter 7|22 pages

God and morality

chapter 8|10 pages

Religious experience

chapter |4 pages

Swinburne’s additions

part |2 pages

A more liberal conception of experience?

chapter 9|13 pages

Naturalism, evolution and rationality

part 10|2 pages

Prudential arguments

chapter |20 pages

Pascal’s Wager

part 11|2 pages

Arguments from scale

chapter |12 pages

The argument from scale

chapter 12|18 pages

Problems about evil

chapter |10 pages

The free will defence

chapter 13|3 pages

Omnipotence

chapter |10 pages

The concept of omnipotence

part 16|1 pages

Conclusion

chapter 14|16 pages

Eternity and omnipresence

part 16|1 pages

Conclusion

chapter 15|6 pages

Omniscience

chapter |8 pages

Can God know the truth of indexicals?

part 16|1 pages

Conclusion

chapter 16|6 pages

Conclusion