The Existence of God
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The Existence of God is a major work of analytic philosophy of religion in which Richard Swinburne presents a detailed, probabilistic argument for the rationality of believing in God’s existence.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Existence of God canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4767344 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Existence of God Context triple: [Richard Swinburne, notableWork, The Existence of God]
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On God
"On God" is a gospel-influenced hip-hop track by Kanye West from his 2019 album *Jesus Is King*, featuring themes of faith, gratitude, and divine protection.
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B.
The Case for God
The Case for God is a 2009 book by religious historian Karen Armstrong that explores the history of religious thought and argues for a more nuanced, experiential understanding of God beyond rigid dogma and atheistic critiques.
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C.
The End for Which God Created the World
The End for Which God Created the World is a theological treatise by Jonathan Edwards that explores God’s ultimate purpose in creating the universe, emphasizing the display of divine glory as the chief end of all things.
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D.
The Reasonableness of Christianity
The Reasonableness of Christianity is a 1695 theological treatise by John Locke arguing that the core of Christian faith is a simple, rational belief in Jesus as the Messiah rather than adherence to complex doctrinal systems.
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E.
God and Other Minds
"God and Other Minds" is a 1967 philosophical work by Alvin Plantinga that argues belief in God can be rationally justified in a way analogous to belief in other minds.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Existence of God Target entity description: The Existence of God is a major work of analytic philosophy of religion in which Richard Swinburne presents a detailed, probabilistic argument for the rationality of believing in God’s existence.
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A.
On God
"On God" is a gospel-influenced hip-hop track by Kanye West from his 2019 album *Jesus Is King*, featuring themes of faith, gratitude, and divine protection.
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B.
The Case for God
The Case for God is a 2009 book by religious historian Karen Armstrong that explores the history of religious thought and argues for a more nuanced, experiential understanding of God beyond rigid dogma and atheistic critiques.
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C.
The End for Which God Created the World
The End for Which God Created the World is a theological treatise by Jonathan Edwards that explores God’s ultimate purpose in creating the universe, emphasizing the display of divine glory as the chief end of all things.
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D.
The Reasonableness of Christianity
The Reasonableness of Christianity is a 1695 theological treatise by John Locke arguing that the core of Christian faith is a simple, rational belief in Jesus as the Messiah rather than adherence to complex doctrinal systems.
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E.
God and Other Minds
"God and Other Minds" is a 1967 philosophical work by Alvin Plantinga that argues belief in God can be rationally justified in a way analogous to belief in other minds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ work of analytic philosophy ⓘ work of philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| addresses |
arguments against God’s existence
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arguments for God’s existence ⓘ |
| arguesFor |
probable existence of God
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rationality of belief in God ⓘ |
| author | Richard Swinburne ⓘ |
| basedOn | probabilistic reasoning ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
explanatory power
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probability ⓘ simplicity ⓘ theism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deweyDecimalClassification | 212 ⓘ |
| genre |
analytic philosophy
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philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| hasEdition | second edition ⓘ |
| hasPart |
arguments from consciousness
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arguments from cosmology ⓘ arguments from moral awareness ⓘ arguments from teleology ⓘ discussion of evil ⓘ discussion of miracles ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary analytic philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | BT102.S95 ⓘ |
| mainTopic | existence of God ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed treatment of evidences for God
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systematic Bayesian case for theism ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach |
evidentialism
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natural theology ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Clarendon Press
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linked to:
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Faith and Reason
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The Coherence of Theism ⓘ |
| secondEditionPublicationYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | academic reviews ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
advanced students of philosophy of religion
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philosophers ⓘ theologians ⓘ |
| usesMethod | Bayesian confirmation theory ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
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