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Do Numbers Exist?: A Debate about Abstract Objects book cover

1st Edition

Do Numbers Exist? A Debate about Abstract Objects

By Peter van Inwagen, William Lane Craig Copyright 2024
298 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

298 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

298 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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In Do Numbers Exist? Peter van Inwagen and William Lane Craig take opposite sides on whether there are abstract objects, such as numbers and properties. Craig argues that there are no abstract objects, whereas Van Inwagen argues that there are. Their exchange explores various arguments about the existence and nature of abstract objects. They focus especially on whether our ordinary and... Read more

Foreword by Mark Balaguer

Opening statements

1. Opening Statement
Peter van Inwagen

2. Opening Statement
William Lane Craig

First Round of Replies

3. Reply to William Lane Craig’s Opening Statement
Peter van Inwagen

4. Reply to Peter van Inwagen’s Opening Statement
William Lane Craig

Second Round of Replies

5. Response to William Lane Craig’s Reply
Peter van Inwagen

6. Response to Peter van Inwagen’s Reply
William Lane Craig

Biography

Peter van Inwagen is the John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of two seminal works, An Essay on Free Will (1983), and Material Beings (1990), both of which are still in print.

William Lane Craig is Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology and at Houston Christian University. He has authored or edited over 40 books, including The Kalām Cosmological Argument; God, Time, and Eternity; and God and Abstract Objects, as well as over 200 articles in professional publications of philosophy and theology.

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