I can’t see Oppy or Martin (or Mackie, or Sobel, or Everitt, any of the many other kinda-similar books) being the best recommendation for someone whose choice of Christian book is “Mere Christianity”. (One can do much, much worse than “Mere Christianity”, but it’s not exactly a work of rigorous philosophical investigation.) … At least, that’s if M.C. really was intended to convince rather than merely to describe.
Incidentally, there’s a paperback edition of the Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology coming out real soon now, at something like 1⁄4 of the (eyewateringly high) price of the hardback.
Incidentally, there’s a paperback edition of the Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology coming out real soon now, at something like 1⁄4 of the (eyewateringly high) price of the hardback.
It is highly probable that there is an electronic copy floating around somewhere.
EDIT: I got rid of the link in this comment, since it is now broken...I mean, this comment does not and never did contain any kind of link whatsoever.
True enough. My comment might still be of interest to hypothetical readers who (1) have scruples about copyright violation, (2) worry about the risks of malware when downloading illegally-copied stuff, and/or (3) like physical books and prefer to get interesting things in that form. (I happen to be in group 1 on this issue but not for all, in group 2 on some other issues but not this one, and in group 3.)
I can’t see Oppy or Martin (or Mackie, or Sobel, or Everitt, any of the many other kinda-similar books) being the best recommendation for someone whose choice of Christian book is “Mere Christianity”. (One can do much, much worse than “Mere Christianity”, but it’s not exactly a work of rigorous philosophical investigation.) … At least, that’s if M.C. really was intended to convince rather than merely to describe.
Incidentally, there’s a paperback edition of the Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology coming out real soon now, at something like 1⁄4 of the (eyewateringly high) price of the hardback.
It is highly probable that there is an electronic copy floating around somewhere.
EDIT: I got rid of the link in this comment, since it is now broken...I mean, this comment does not and never did contain any kind of link whatsoever.
True enough. My comment might still be of interest to hypothetical readers who (1) have scruples about copyright violation, (2) worry about the risks of malware when downloading illegally-copied stuff, and/or (3) like physical books and prefer to get interesting things in that form. (I happen to be in group 1 on this issue but not for all, in group 2 on some other issues but not this one, and in group 3.)