Does God Exist?: The Craig-Flew Debate

by Stan W. Wallace (Editor)

Overview

This book presents the most recent debates by leading contemporary philosophers of enduring themes and issues concerning the question of God's existence. William Craig and Antony Flew met on the 50th anniversary of the famous Copleston/Russell debate to discuss the question of God's existence in a public debate. The core of this book contains the edited transcript of that debate. Also included are eight chapters in which other significant philosophers - Paul Draper, R. Douglas Geivett, Michael Martin, Keith Parsons, William Rowe, William Wainwright, Keith Yandell and David Yandell - critique the debate and address the issues raised. Their substantial and compelling insights complement and further the debate, helping the reader delve more deeply into the issues that surfaced. In the two final chapters, Craig and Flew respond and clarify their positions, taking the debate yet one step further. The result of these many contributions is a book which provides the reader with a summary of the current discussion and allows one to enter into the dialogue on this central question in the philosophy of religion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351943154
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/23/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	242
File size:	416 KB

About the Author

Stan W Wallace

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Some issues in theism and atheism: setting the context, Keith Yandell; The Craig-Flew debate, William Lane Craig and Antony Flew; Reflections on the explanatory power of theism, R. Douglas Geivett; Reflections on the Craig-Flew debate, William Rowe; The burden of proof and the presumption of theism, William J. Wainwright; Comments on the Craig-Flew debate, Michael Martin; Theism, atheism and cosmology, Keith Yandell; The universe is probable; The resurrection is not, Keith M. Parsons; Infinity and explanation, damnation and empiricism, David Yandell; Craig's case for God's existence, Paul Draper; A reply to objections, William Lane Craig; A reply to my critics, Antony Flew; Bibliography; Index.