PART I

_INTRODUCTORY_

LECTURE I

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I. INTRODUCTORY: METAPHYSICS AND THE “PLAIN MAN” 3

II. “INEVITABLE” BELIEFS AND COMMON SENSE 13

III. THE MATERIAL OF THE PRESENT ARGUMENT FOR THEISM: THE CHARACTER OF THE THEISM TO BE ESTABLISHED 17

IV. WHAT THE ARGUMENT IS NOT. SOME OF ITS LIMITATIONS 23

LECTURE II

I. DESIGN AND SELECTION 28

II. ARGUMENT FROM VALUES. THE COGNITIVE AND THE CAUSAL SERIES 44