This innovative and challenging book presents cogent answers from some of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century to fifteen of the most enduring questions posed by humanity.
Drawing on a diverse range of views from such influential shapers of modern thought as Richard Swinburne, Alvin Plantinga and Keith Ward, Great Thinkers on Great Questions features discussion of key issues, including:
the existence of the soul
psychology, sociology and religious belief
free will
morality and cultural conditioning
God and modern science
For questioning minds who seek alternative philosophical viewpoints, this is a unique and accessible assessment of humankind's common experience that offers a new vision for the next millennium.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part 1: Can We Known and Know That we Know? 21
Relativism 23
Universal Insights presupposed by science and philosophy 39
Part II: is matter the whole story 41
The existence of the soul 43
the freedom of the will 70
Life after death 83
Reincarnation 87
Part III: Are religion and Morality Simply and Solely By-products of the Socio-Cultural Environment? 95
Psychology, sociology and religious belief 97
Right and Wrong 100
Atheism 108
Part IV : Is There a God? 115
The existence of God 117
God and Modern Science 154
The Problem of Evil 191
Pantheism 206
Divine actions in the world and human history 212
Part V: What Can We Know About God? 219
Omniscience, omnipotence, eternity and infinity 221
