PHIL 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Ernest Nagel, Cosmological Argument, Ontological Argument

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 201
• Professor: C. Kenneth Waters

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Nagel, ernest (1959) philosophical concepts of atheism http://scotrates. tripod. com/phil201and202/phl201/16201scn. htm: atheism definition: a critique and denial of the major claims of all varieties of theism. 1- atheism is not irreligious concept, theism is just one amount many views concerning the nature and origin of the world. 2- nagel"s arguments concerning the theodicy problem show that atheists think in a much more straightforward and practical fashion than do theists. Critique #1: he is not concerned with the truthfulness of premise 1. 4- ontological argument: (the problem of evil, so far, we have examined only arguments for the existence of god. But for each argument, we have also discussed some objections: some theists may accept all these objections and yet maintain a belief in the existence of. God: ernest nagel, however, maintains that not only are there no good reasons to believe that. God exists (he criticizes all of the arguments), there is a good reason to believe that god does not exist.