The very idea of design: what God couldn't do

This paper argues for the proposition that there is a fundamental incoherence in the idea of a divine designer. Such a being would have to have intentions and thoughts prior to designing and making a world. But it is a necessary truth that thought - of the complex and articulated kind necessary for...

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Published in:Religious studies
Main Author: Kortum, Richard D. (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2004
In: Religious studies
Year: 2004, Volume: 40, Issue: 1, Pages: 81-96
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Creation / Language
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBD Doctrine of Creation
Online Access: Volltext (doi)