and against the existence of God. He shows that none of these arguments
is powerful enough to change the minds of reasonable participants
in debates on the question of the existence of God. His
conclusion is supported by detailed analyses of the contemporary
arguments, as well as by the development of a theory about the purpose
of arguments, and the criteria that should be used in judging
whether or not arguments are successful. Oppy discusses the work of
a wide array of philosophers, including Anselm, Aquinas, Descartes,
Locke, Leibniz, Kant, Hume, and, more recently, Plantinga, Dembski,
White, Dawkins, Bergman, Gale, and Pruss.
