عنوان

Theism, atheism, and big bang cosmology /

(Number (ISBN

0198263481

(Number (ISBN

019826383X

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9780198263487

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9780198263838

Title Proper

Theism, atheism, and big bang cosmology /

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

William Lane Craig and Quentin Smith.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1993.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

x, 342 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

22 cm.

Series Title

Clarendon paperbacks

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Text of Note

I. The theistic cosmological argument -- The finitude of the past and the existence of God / William Lane Craig -- Infinity and the past / Quentin Smith -- Time and infinity / William Lane Craig -- The uncaused beginning of the universe / William Lane Craig -- A criticism of a posteriori and a priori arguments for a cause of the Big Bang singularity / Quentin Smith -- II. The athestic cosmological argument -- Atheism, theism, and Big Bang cosmology / Quentin Smith -- Theism and Big Bang cosmology / William Lane Craig -- A defence of the cosmological argumetn for God's non-existence / Quentin Smith -- A criticism of the cosmological argumetn for God's non-existence / William Lane Craig -- III. Theism, atheism, and Hawking's quantum cosmology -- 'What place, then, for a creator?': Hawking on God and creation / William Lane Craig -- The wave function of a godless universe / Quentin Smith.

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Contemporary science presents us with the remarkable theory that the universe began to exist about fifteen billion years ago with a cataclysmic explosion called "the Big Bang." The question of whether Big Bang cosmology supports theism or atheism has long been a matter of discussion among the general public and in popular science books, but has received scant attention from philosophers. This book sets out to fill this gap by means of a sustained debate between two philosophers, William Lane Craig and Quentin Smith, who defend opposing positions. Craig argues that the Big Bang that began the universe was created by God, while Smith argues that the Big Bang has no cause. Alternating chapters by the two philosophers criticize and attempt to refute preceding arguments. Their arguments are based on Einstein's theory of relativity and include a discussion of the new quantum cosmology recently developed by Stephen Hawking and popularized in A Brief History of Time.

Title

Theism, atheism, and big bang cosmology.

Title

Theism, atheism, and big bang cosmology.

Big bang theory.

God-- Proof, Cosmological.

Big bang theory.

God -- Proof, Cosmological -- Controversial.

God -- Proof, Cosmological.

literature.

Religion and science.

Religion Related to Science.

Big bang.

Dieu-- Existence-- Preuve cosmologique, Ouvrages de controverse.

Dieu-- Existence-- Preuve cosmologique.

Atheïsme.

Big bang theory.

God-- Proof, Cosmological.

Godsbewijzen.

Gottesfrage

Kosmologi.

Kosmologie

Kosmologie.

Oerexplosie.

Schöpfungslehre

Theïsme.

Urknall

Urknall.

Number

524.8

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524.8:11

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Edition

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Craig, William Lane.

Smith, Quentin,1952-

Date of Transaction

20200822092020.0

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[Book]

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