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<God-proofs of the existence of, metaphysics> attempts to demonstrate the existence of God have been a notable feature of Western philosophy. The most commonly employed theistic efforts include: the cosmological argument, the ontological argument, the teleological argument, and the moral argument. The most serious atheological argument is the problem of evil. Recommended Reading: The Existence of God, ed. by John Hick and Paul Edwards (Macmillan, 1964); Alvin Plantinga, God and Other Minds: A Study of the Rational Justification of Belief in God (Cornell, 1990); Richard M. Gale, On the Nature and Existence of God (Cambridge, 1993); Richard. Swinburne, The Existence of God (Clarendon, 1991); and John L. Mackie, The Miracle of Theism: Arguments for and Against the Existence of God (Oxford, 1983).

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