Simplicity As Evidence of Truth

by Richard Swinburne

Genres: Philosophy

71 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Richard G. Swinburne is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Over the last 50 years Swinburne has been a very influential proponent of natural theology, that is, philosophical arguments for the existence of God. His philosophical contributions are primarily in philosophy of religion and philosophy of science. He aroused much discussion with his early work in the philosophy of religion, a trilogy of books consisting of The Coherence of Theism, The Existence of God, and Faith and Reason.

Reviews

[Gwern · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not very good. Dismisses mathematical approaches much too quickly and simplistically, leading to meandering almost question-begging discussions.