The Greatest Possible Being
Download or Read eBook The Greatest Possible Being PDF written by Jeff Speaks and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Jeff Speaks |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 2018-09-26 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780192561497 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0192561499 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Greatest Possible Being by : Jeff Speaks
Book excerpt: What can we know about God by reason alone? Philosophical theology is the attempt to obtain such knowledge. An ancient tradition, which is perhaps more influential now than ever, tries to derive the attributes of God from the principle that God is the greatest possible being. Jeff Speaks argues that that constructive project is a failure. He also argues that the related view that the concept of God is the concept of a greatest possible being is a mistake. In the last chapter, he sketches an alternative path forward.
