[God Over All] deserve[s] to be read far beyond [its] obvious audience.

Simon Hewitt, Philosophia Mathematica

[A] very good book in analytic theology. It is clear in its structure, sophisticated in its justification, and up-to-date.

Benedikt Paul Göcke, Reading Religion

[An] extremely thought-provoking discussion of God

Mary Leng, Faith and Philosophy

God Over All: Divine Aseity and the Challenge of Platonism is a defense of God's aseity and unique status as the Creator of all things apart from Himself in the face of the challenge posed by mathematical Platonism. After providing the biblical, theological, and philosophical basis for the traditional doctrine of divine aseity, William Lane Craig explains the challenge presented to that doctrine by the Indispensability Argument for Platonism, which postulates the existence of uncreated abstract objects. Craig provides detailed examination of a wide range of responses to that argument, both realist and anti-realist, with a view toward assessing the most promising options for the theist. A synoptic work in analytic philosophy of religion, this groundbreaking volume engages discussions in philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and metaontology.
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The book is a defence of God's unique status as the creator of all things apart from himself in the face of the challenge of mathematical Platonism. It is based on William Lane Craig's Cadbury Lectures given at the University of Birmingham in March 2015.
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1: Introduction 2: God: The Sole Ultimate Reality 3: The Challenge of Platonism 4: Absolute Creation 5: Divine Conceptualism 6: Making Ontological Commitments (1) 7: Making Ontological Commitments (2) 8: Useful Fictions 9: Figuratively Speaking 10: Make-Believe 11: God Over All Works Cited Index
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Offers a unique and helpful taxonomy of the wide range of options available to the classical theist for dealing with the challenge of platonism Probes the diverse views on the reality of abstract objects and their compatibility with classical theism Provides a thorough discussion, rooted in careful exegesis, of the biblical and patristic basis of the doctrine of divine aseity in the literature Challenges the influential Quinean metaontological theses concerning the way in which we make ontological commitments A wide-ranging work in analytic philosophy of religion, drawing upon philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and metaontology
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William Lane Craig is a Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology and at Houston Baptist University. He earned a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Birmingham, England, before taking a doctorate in Theology from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany, where he was for two years a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung. Prior to his appointment at Talbot he spent seven years at the Higher Institute of Philosophy of the Katholike Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He has authored or edited over forty books, including The Kalam Cosmological Argument (Wipf and Stock, 2000); Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom (Brill, 1999); and Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology (OUP, 1996).
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Offers a unique and helpful taxonomy of the wide range of options available to the classical theist for dealing with the challenge of platonism Probes the diverse views on the reality of abstract objects and their compatibility with classical theism Provides a thorough discussion, rooted in careful exegesis, of the biblical and patristic basis of the doctrine of divine aseity in the literature Challenges the influential Quinean metaontological theses concerning the way in which we make ontological commitments A wide-ranging work in analytic philosophy of religion, drawing upon philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and metaontology
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Product details

ISBN
9780198802921
Published
2018
Publisher
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Weight
314 gr
Height
215 mm
Width
147 mm
Thickness
13 mm
Age
UU, UP, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
272

Biographical note

William Lane Craig is a Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology and at Houston Baptist University. He earned a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Birmingham, England, before taking a doctorate in Theology from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany, where he was for two years a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung. Prior to his appointment at Talbot he spent seven years at the Higher Institute of Philosophy of the Katholike Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He has authored or edited over forty books, including The Kalam Cosmological Argument (Wipf and Stock, 2000); Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom (Brill, 1999); and Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology (OUP, 1996).