Table of contents for Irreligion : a mathematician refutes arguments for the existence of god / by John Allen Paulos.

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CONTENTS
Introduction
FOUR CLASSICAL ARGUMENTS
The Argument from First Cause (and Unnecessary Intermediaries)
The Argument from Design (and Some Creationist Calculations)
A Personally Crafted Pseudoscience
The Argument from the Anthropic Principle (and a Probabilistic Doomsday)
The Ontological Argument (and Logical Abracadabra)
Self-Reference, Recursion, and Creation
FOUR SUBJECTIVE ARGUMENTS
The Argument from Coincidence (and 9/11 Oddities)
The Argument from Prophecy (and the Bible Codes)
An Anecdote on Emotional Need
The Argument from Subjectivity (and Faith, Emptiness, and Self)
The Argument from Interventions (and Miracles, Prayers, and Witnesses)
Remarks on Jesus and Other Figures
FOUR PSYCHO/MATHEMATICAL ARGUMENTS
The Argument from Redefinition (and Incomprehensible Complexity)
The Argument from Cognitive Tendency (and Some Simple Programs)
A Dreamy Instant Message Exchange with God
The Universality Argument (and the Relevance of Morality and Mathematics)
The Gambling Argument (And Emotions from Prudence to Fear)
Atheists, Agnostics, and "Brights"

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Irreligion.
Atheism.
God.