From a Necessary Being to a Perfect Being: A Reply to Byerly

Cosmological arguments for God typically have two stages. The first stage argues for a first cause or a necessary being, and the second stage argues from there to God. T. Ryan Byerly offers a simple, abductive argument for the second stage where the best explanation for why the being is found to hav...

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Subtitles:"Special Issue - The Future of Philosophy of Religion"
Main Author: Anderson, Tina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham 2022
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 257-268
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