Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction. Intellectual History and the History of Atheism 1
5. PART ONE: Atheists without Atheism; Atheism without Atheists
6. CHAPTER ONE. Atheists without Atheism 17
7. CHAPTER TWO. Thinking about the Unthinkable 44
8. CHAPTER THREE. Atheism without Atheists 81
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Before Belief: Philosophy and Preamble 110
10. PART TWO: Other Peoples and Other Minds: Thinking about Universal Consent
11. CHAPTER FIVE. Other Peoples 135
12. CHAPTER SIX. The Ancients 178
13. CHAPTER SEVEN. The History of Philosophy 219
14. PART THREE: The Fratricide
15. CHAPTER EIGHT. The Great Contest 265
16. CHAPTER NINE. The Assault on Cartesian Proofs of God 297
17. CHAPTER TEN. The Assault on Proofs from the Sensible World 323
18. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Malebranche; the Firestorm; the Toll 357
19. Index 381