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Proof of God’s existence: Proofs of God are attempts to prove the existence of God through thinking. Examples are argumentations from an imagined initial or final state or from the attribution of qualities that would be contradictory without the existence of God._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Bas van Fraassen on Proof of God’s Existence - Dictionary of Arguments
I 210 Proof of God/Aquinas/from a gradation in things: they are only ever possible in terms of a best - then there must be this best: God. >God, >Existence, >Existence statements, >Proofs, >Provability, _____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Fr I B. van Fraassen The Scientific Image Oxford 1980 |