Fraassen, Bas. C. van
Print publication date: 1980 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-824427-1







doi:10.1093/0198244274.003.0007

Bas C. van Fraassen
Abstract: This chapter parodies Aquinas’ Five Ways to prove the existence of God by displaying similar arguments reminiscent of those often given in support of scientific realism. This is followed by a parody of scientific realists’ attempts to defend themselves against objections to such arguments.

Keywords: Aquinas, God, parody, scientific realism,

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