Oppy Graham (Hrsg.): A Companion to Atheism and Philosophy

Notes on Contributors viii Acknowledgments xii Introduction 1 Graham Oppy Part I Individual Thinkers 13 1 Hume 15 Jennifer Smalligan Marusic 2 Holbach 28 Michael LeBuffe and Emilie Gourdon 3 Marx 43 Vanessa Wills 4 Wollstonecraft 58 Sandrine Bergès 5 Cady Stanton 71 Claudette Fillard 6 Russell 83 Carolyn Swanson Part II Philosophical Movements 97 7 Empiricism 99 Gregory Dawes 8 Pragmatism 111 Robert Almeder 9 Existentialism 123 Mariam Thalos 10 Postmodernism 138 Christopher Watkin 11 Naturalism 152 Eric Steinhart Part III Critiques of Theism 167 12 Logical Objections to Theism 169 Stephen Law 13 Evidential Objections to Theism 191 Herman Philipse 14 Normative Objections to Theism 204 Stephen Maitzen 15 Prudential Objections to Theism 216 Guy Kahane Part IV Metaphysics 235 16 Freedom 237 Alfred Mele 17 Supernatural 250 Berit Brogaard 18 Death 262 Beth Seacord Part V Epistemology 275 19 Skepticism 277 Duncan Pritchard 20 Methods of Science 291 Elliott Sober 21 Evidence 303 Michael Tooley 22 Evolution 323 Michael Ruse Part VI Ethics 341 23 Meta-Ethics 343 Elizabeth Tropman 24 Meaning 355 Thaddeus Metz 25 Normative Skepticism 367 Susana Nuccetelli Part VII Politics 381 26 Education 383 Jennifer Bleazby 27 Happiness 396 Gregory S. Paul 28 Violence 421 Steve Clarke 29 Church and State 436 Cristina Lafont Part VIII Critiques of Atheism 449 30 Logical Objections to Atheism 451 Christopher Gregory Weaver 31 Evidential Objections to Atheism 476 Helen De Cruz 32 Normative Objections to Atheism 491 C. Stephen Evans 33 Prudential Objections to Atheism 506 Amanda Askell Bibliography 521 Index 565