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  • Paperback: 184 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (5 Sep 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0415093384
  • ISBN-13: 978-0415093385
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Instead of simply defending a denial of God's existence Le Poidevin presents instead a way of interpreting religious discourse which allows us to make sense of the role of religion in our spiritual and moral lives.


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5.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction, 13 Dec 2000
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Written for use as a textbook, Arguing for Atheism is an easy book to digest. It goes straight to the point and examines the traditional arguments for god's existence and proceeds to show why they fail. He also attempts to formulate a version of the argument from evil though I find it a bit questionable (a better formulation can be found in Theodore Drange's Nonbelief and Evil). Another criticism would be his use of complex metaphysical ideas(especially on time and causation). Nevertheless, the book succeeds in making atheism approachable to the general reader.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Overview of Philosophical Arguments for Atheism, 27 Aug 2009
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This book provides an overview of standard arguments for god from the philosophy of religion and raises some of the strongest counters to these arguments that can be presented lucidly in an introductory text. The approach is unique in that it gives an analysis of the interaction of these arguments throughout, pointing out inconsistencies between some standard arguments given by atheists. Le Poidevin is particularly strong in the philosophy of time section, giving several models of time as alternatives to those assumed by the first cause argument; i.e. dealing with this argument at its philosophical root. Many readers may not agree with Le Poidevin's fictionalist conclusions (and the assumed 'niceness' of religion in the final chapters), but this does not detract from the book as a whole and I would highly recommend it to any philosophy undergraduate or interested general reader.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great book. But no substitute for a summary or overview., 15 Mar 2009
Not so much a review of the book itself, which is actually very well written for what it's attempting to do, but of its primary use on the Leeds University Philosophy course. Listing a heavily weighted argument for atheism on a Philosophy of Religion course makes perfect sense and is absolutely fine. However setting such a text as the *main course* reading for such a module is irresponsible, and to my mind not particularly conducive to proper learning.
Just for the record im not a theist, so id be writing exactly the same if this book was a heavily slanted argument in favour of God. The point is however, a religious philosophy course should always aim to give the student a fair and balanced *overview* of both the theistic and atheistic positions. Such a course should not be used as a opportunity for lecturer to disseminate his or her personal views on the subject to the point of almost completely drowning out all other voices.

As i said - as a book in its own right this is perfectly acceptable stuff. But not for an introductory module.
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