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Why perfect being theology?
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 69 (2):103-118 (2011)
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I display the historical roots of perfect being theology in Greco-Roman philosophy, and the distinctive reasons for Christians to take up a version of this project. I also rebut a recent argument that perfect-being reasoning should lead one to atheismAuthor's Profile
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10.1007/s11153-010-9267-0
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Proslogion.Saint Anselm - 1998 - In Steven M. Cahn (ed.), Exploring Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology. Oxford University Press.
Omnipotence and God's Ability to Sin.Nelson Pike - 1969 - American Philosophical Quarterly 6 (3):208 - 216.
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