Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology

Name: Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology
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ISBN: 9780198263838

ISBN-10: 019826383X

ISBN-13: 9780198263838

Edition: 1993

Authors: William Lane Craig, 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. The book consists of…

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List price: $84.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/28/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Quentin Smith is Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Western Michigan University.




The Theistic Cosmological Argument



The Finitude of the Past and the Existence of God




Infinity and the Past




Time and Infinity




The Uncaused Beginning of the Universe




The Caused Beginning of the Universe




A Criticism of A Posteriori and A Priori Arguments for a Cause of the Big Bang Singularity




The Atheistic Cosmological Argument



Atheism, Theism, and Big Bang Cosmology




Theism and Big Bang Cosmology




A Defence of the Cosmological Argument for God's Non-existence




A Criticism of the Cosmological Argument for God's Non-existence




Theism, Atheism, and Hawking's Quantum Cosmology



'What Place, then, for a Creator?': Hawking on God and Creation




The Wave Function of a Godless Universe



Index