Agnosticism ─ A Very Short Introduction

What is agnosticism? Is it just the `don't know' position on the existence of God, or is there more to it than this? of God, or is there more to it than this? Is it a belief, or the absence of belief?

Often viewed with suspicion, agnosticism has played an important role in religious thought and argument. Robin Le Poidevin outlines the philosophical case for agnosticism, and what emerges is a more sophisticated and interesting attitude than a simple failure to commit to, or reject, religious belief. Challenging some common assumptions about agnosticism, he invites us to rethink our own position on God, knowledge, and religion.

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Robin Le Poidevin is Professor of Metaphysics at the University of Leeds. He is the author of Arguing for Atheism (Routledge, 1996), Travels in Four Dimensions (OUP, 2003), The Images of Time (OUP, 2007), and numerous articles in metaphysics and the philosophy of religion.