By Matthew Alun Ray
This publication asks particular philosophical questions on the underlying constitution of Kant, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche's innovations on atheism and agnosticism; techniques that symbolize essentially the most concerted assaults on monotheistic faith in smooth philosophy. but commentators drawn to philosophical atheism have overlooked usually this custom. Matthew Ray concludes that Kant's ethical theology is basically undersupported; Schopenhauer's metaphysical and moral atheism is defective in numerous components; and Nietzsche's naturalistic assault on Christianity is simply in part winning. Taking a severe stance towards the atheistic orthodoxy in smooth philosophy, Ray argues that the query of God's life continues to be generally unresolved in post-Kantian philosophy.
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