Books by Ken Perszyk
“In this book, Bishop and Perszyk argue that the Abrahamic faiths of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam ought to conceive of God not as a personal mind, a conscious mind, but as cosmic purpose, as an impersonal drive towards the good. Anglophone analytic philosophers have become used to thinking of God as some big mind – Richard Swinburne, for example, is very clear that this is his conception of God – but that might be a historical idiosyncrasy. Aquinas thought that God was beyond human categories. Although we talk of God as having knowledge and power, this is an analogy to help us understand the nature of God, but God, in God’s own nature, is beyond these categories. They argue – in a way that’s reminiscent of the ‘new atheist’ Christopher Hitchens – that it’s inappropriate to worship a cosmic dictator… Why would we worship this big mind just because it’s really powerful? Even if it is benevolent, it seems inappropriate to worship it.” Read more...
The best books on Cosmic Purpose
Philip Goff, Philosopher
Interviews where books by Ken Perszyk were recommended
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Mind & Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False
by Thomas Nagel -
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A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos
by Geraint Lewis & Luke Barnes -
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Purpose in the Universe: The moral and metaphysical case for Ananthropocentric Purposivism
by Tim Mulgan -
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God, Purpose, and Reality: A Euteleological Understanding of Theism
by John Bishop & Ken Perszyk -
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Universes
by John Leslie
The best books on Cosmic Purpose, recommended by Philip Goff
The best books on Cosmic Purpose, recommended by Philip Goff
The likelihood that intelligent life would come to exist on Earth is so improbable, it’s time to re-explore the idea of cosmic purpose, argues Philip Goff, a professor of philosophy at the University of Durham and the author of Why? The Purpose of the Universe. He recommends five books that cast doubt on our post-Darwinian worldview and help us consider the latest findings of science and philosophy more fully.
