Analysis of Existing: Barry Miller's Approach to God

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

AvElmar J. Kremer

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Miller's metaphysics, including his approach to God, is broad, deep, and original, with the potential to make a fruitful contribution to contemporary philosophy. Yet it has not received the critical attention it deserves. Miller's work deserves critical attention because of its thorough and original defense of three highly controversial positions: that existence is a real property of concrete individuals; that it is possible to prove, without assuming any principle of sufficient reason, that there is an uncaused cause of the universe; and that the uncaused cause is the simple God of classical theism. Miller's position on existence is an important alternative in current analytical philosophy to what Miller calls the "Frege-Russell-Quine" theory, and the neo-Meinongian positions of Terence Parsons and Ed Zalta. Miller's argument for an uncaused cause of the universe has been described one of the most ambitious theistic arguments produced by a well-respected, contemporary, analytic philosopher. Analysis of Existing: Barry Miller's Approach to God is the first clear, systematic interpretation of Miller's theistic philosophy.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-07-30
Mått140 x 216 x 9 mm
Vikt195 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor160
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781501310881

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Foreword iiiAbbreviations vIntroduction 1Chapter One: Barry Miller’s Philosophical Journey 6I. Miller’s life 6II. Miller’s philosophical theology 13 III. Looking ahead 21Chapter Two: Beginning with Existence 22I. Is existence a property of concrete individuals? 27II. Is existence a real property of concrete individuals? 39III. Miller’s constituent ontology 45IV. A new objection: How can a concrete individual be the subject of its existence? 50V. Miller's argument for property instances 57Chapter Three: From Existence to God 73I. Fido exists qua dependent on something other than his existing and its constituents. 73II. Ultimately, Fido exists qua dependent on an uncaused cause which is Subsistent Existence. 93Chapter Four: Divine Simplicity 117I. Views of God's nature and their controlling notions 117II. Reformulating and clarifying the notion of Subsistent Existence 120III: Is God identical with his non-existential properties? 133 IV. Which properties have limit case instances that are zero-bounding? 137V. Omnipotence, Omniscience, and Divine Intellection 138Chapter Five: Simplicity, Creation, and Human Freedom 150I. The contingency of God's knowing 150II. The contingency and freedom of creation 156III. The causality of creatures and human freedom 169Chapter Six: Objections and Replies 179I. Graham Oppy’s Objection to the argument from existence to God 179II. Katherin A. Rogers’ worry that Miller is “in danger of denying any positive meaning at allto our theological language” 182III. Bruce Langtry’s Criticism of Miller on the relation of God to creatures 186IV. A Theological Postlude: Is Subsistent Existence the God of the Christian religion? 188 Bibliography 196

Barry Miller’s philosophical theology clearly shows how a philosopher can think rigorously about God without caving into fashionable and facile refutations of theism. In this study of his writings, Elmar Kremer provides an exemplary account of his sophisticated arguments while discussing their value and cogently defending them against a number of objections. Kremer’s welcome book is both a fine introduction to Miller and a significant contribution to philosophy of religion.