The Problem of Evil: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews in 2003 / Edition 1

by Peter van Inwagen

Overview

The vast amount of suffering in the world is often held as a particularly powerful reason to deny that God exists. Now, one of the world's most distinguished philosophers of religion presents his own position on the problem of evil. Highly accessible and sensitively argued, Peter van Inwagen's book argues that such reasoning does not hold: his conclusion is not that God exists, but that suffering cannot be shown to prove that He does not.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199245604
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/10/2006
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 5.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Peter van Inwagen is John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.

Table of Contents

Introduction1. The Problem of Evil and the Argument from Evil2. The Idea of God3. Philosophical Failure4. The Global Argument from Evil5. The Global Argument Continued6. The Local Argument from Evil7. The Sufferings of Beasts8. The Hiddenness of God