The Logic of Questions and the Existence of God

Publisher： Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN： 1469-901x|16|2|203-216

ISSN： 0034-4125

Source： Religious Studies, Vol.16, Iss.2, 1980-06, pp. : 203-216

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Abstract

O.I. When we ask ‘Does God exist?’, what kind of question are we asking and, further does it make a difference that it is one kind of question rather than another? To find answers to these we will begin by investigating the various kinds of questions to which it seems ‘Does God exist?’ belongs, including questions about physical states of affairs, questions requesting reasons, and questions concerned somehow with the difficult notion of ‘existence’. As part of this initial inquiry we will also examine the relation of presupposition to question and the significance of both negation and assertion in questions.

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