
God and the Problem of Logic
Andrew Dennis Bassford(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 8. June 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
86 pages
978-1-009-27240-7 (ISBN)
Description
Classical theists hold that God is omnipotent. But now suppose a critical atheologian were to ask: Can God create a stone so heavy that even he cannot lift it? This is the dilemma of the stone paradox. God either can or cannot create such a stone. Suppose that God can create it. Then there's something he cannot do - namely, lift the stone. Suppose that God cannot create the stone. Then, again, there's something he cannot do - namely, create it. Either way, God cannot be omnipotent. Among the variety of known theological paradoxes, the paradox of the stone is especially troubling because of its logical purity. It purports to show that one cannot believe in both God and the laws of logic. In the face of the stone paradox, how should the contemporary analytic theist respond? Ought they to revise their belief in theology or their belief in logic? Ought they to lose their religion or lose their mind?
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
127 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-009-27240-7 (9781009272407)
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Andrew Dennis Bassford
God and the Problem of Logic
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05/2023
Cambridge University Press
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Content
1. God's stone problem; 2. The thomistic solution; 3. The cartesian solution; References.