A Sceptics Guide to Atheism

To have complete access to the thousands of philosophy articles on this site, please. According to Williams, the New Atheist movement is nothing new, drawing much of its philosophy from Hume and others living hundreds of years ago. In popular culture the philosophical extremists from both religious and anti-religious groups have shouted down the rest. He helps us to see that the question of God can be addressed with care and precision, as is done in more academic circles sometimes. It covers the key arguments in favour of atheism, as propounded by the New Atheists.

In the attempt to ensure that the arguments are not misrepresented, Williams over-quotes, which can make for laborious reading; but conversely, this also pulls together the key statements from the main thinkers. Williams first sets out to assess the current level of atheism.

Through sourcing a variety of polls, he finds that lack of belief in a God may be declining world-wide, but is growing in parts of the West. Williams claims it is mainly to do with the devastating effect Logical Positivism had in the 20th Century on religious belief. Logical Positivism holds that only statements that can be observed to be true through our senses or otherwise be potentially verified, have any meaning. This leaves the unverifiable God hypothesis meaningless. However, argues Williams, it does the same to the opposite claim too.

So under Logical Positivism, atheism is also meaningless. However, Williams then moves on to argue that bizarrely, Logical Positivism is historically the main reason atheism has such a grasp on public imagination today. It provided the social credibility for atheism upon which the New Atheists have built. Instead, it is the logical assessment of the atheist arguments. Williams dedicates a chapter to each one, first giving it a fair hearing and then critically appraising it.

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