How to Be an Atheist (Foreword by J. P. Moreland)
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How to Be an Atheist (Foreword by J. P. Moreland)

Why Many Skeptics Aren't Skeptical Enough

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eBook - ePub

How to Be an Atheist (Foreword by J. P. Moreland)

Why Many Skeptics Aren't Skeptical Enough

About this book

Atheists talk a lot about the importance of skepticism. But the truth is, they're not nearly skeptical enough.While atheistschampion the importance of a critical stance toward religion, they often fail to take that same stance toward their own beliefs. This double standard results in grandiose claims about the certainty of their unbelief—whichis logically inconsistent at best and intellectually dishonest at worst. Turning atheists' skepticism around on their own naturalist worldview, philosopher Mitch Stokes critically examines two things that such skeptics hold dear—science and morality—and reveals deep inconsistencies among their most cherished beliefs, inconsistencies that threaten to undo atheism itself.

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Information

Publisher
Crossway
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781433542985

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Newsletter Signup
  3. Endorsements
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Introduction Skepticism and Contemporary Atheism
  12. Part 1 Sense and Reason
  13. 1 Hume Exhumed
  14. 2 The Believing Primate
  15. Part 2 Science
  16. 3 Science: Ruining Everything since 1543?
  17. 4 Science and the Humean Condition
  18. 5 Photoshopped Science
  19. 6 Real Science Is Hard
  20. 7 Arguing with Success
  21. 8 The Current Crisis
  22. 9 Physics-Based Metaphysics
  23. 10 God: The Failed Hypothesis?
  24. Part 3 Morality
  25. 11 If God Is Dead, Is Everything Permissible?
  26. 12 Some Brush Clearing
  27. 13 Moral Mammals: The Evolution of Ethics
  28. 14 An All-Natural Morality?
  29. 15 Can Science Determine Human Values?
  30. 16 Morality Is Personal
  31. 17 Can God Ground Morality?
  32. 18 Living with Moral Nihilism
  33. 19 What’s the Point of It All?
  34. Bibliography
  35. Index