Natural Signs and Knowledge of God: A New Look at Theistic Arguments. By C. Stephen Evans
The claim defended in this book is that certain experiences or perceptions which are widespread among human beings are rightly understood as evidence for the existence of God, in themselves and not just as the basis of a propositional argument. They are, in the terminology of Thomas Reid (1710–96),...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2010
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2010, Volume: 61, Issue: 2, Pages: 898-900 |
| Review of: | Natural signs and knowledge of God (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2010) (Gould, Graham)
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| Summary: | The claim defended in this book is that certain experiences or perceptions which are widespread among human beings are rightly understood as evidence for the existence of God, in themselves and not just as the basis of a propositional argument. They are, in the terminology of Thomas Reid (1710–96), whose ‘common sense’ theory of perception is appealed to throughout the book, ‘natural signs’ of God. The first sign discussed, the experience of ‘cosmic wonder’, represents the pre-logical awareness that the universe cries out for an explanation in terms of a cause beyond itself: it poses the question, ‘why is there something and not nothing?’ (p. 66). |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flq109 |