Atheism for Beginners: A Course Book For Schools and Colleges
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (812 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0718892917 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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. A former Teaching Fellow at McMaster University and Humboldt Fellow at Marburg University, Dr Palmer has taught at Marlborough College and Bristol University. For many years Founding Head of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at the Manchester Grammar School, Dr Palmer is also the author of the best-selling textbook Moral Problems as well as of the two-volume textbook The Philosophy of Religion. More recently he has written The Atheist's
So atheism may be defined as follows: it is the belief that there is no God. In spite of the consciously atheist point of view adopted by the author, the volume remains critical and objective, making religious, philosophical and political concepts around atheism understandable. Unfortunately definition of terms is rarely this straightforward . Even though the book clearly adresses a young audience, any kind of reader will find food for thought in this vivid and detailed work.. The word 'atheism' is derived from the Greek: a meaning 'not' is conjoined with theos meaning 'god'. In this educational book, Michael Palmer undertakes to analyse, develop and discuss the complex and too often reduced notion of atheism
The aim is to teach students how to think logically in order to make them able to critically judge various theistic/creationist/fatalistic arguments that religions advance in their support and don’t let them be deceived by logically incoherent and slanted reasoning. Jones Theological Book Review, Vol. Ayer, John N. (Michael K. The last chapter is particularly interesting as it deals with recent developments of disproof Atheism – by contemporary philosophers as Alfred j. 25, No.1, 2013) . As a repository of much information about philosophers and a very clear statement of their views with carefu