In contradistinction to the many monographs and edited volumes devoted to historical cultural or theological treatments of demonology this collection features newly written papers by philosophers and other scholars engaged specifically in philosophical argument debate and dialogue involving ideas and topics in demonology. The contributors to the volume approach the subject from the perspective of the broadest areas of Western philosophy namely metaphysics epistemology logic and moral philosophy. The collection also features a plurality of religious cultural and theological views on the nature of demons from both Eastern and Western thought in addition to views that may diverge from these traditional roots. Philosophical Approaches to Demonology will be of interest to philosophers of religion theologians and scholars working in philosophical theology and demonology as well as historians cultural anthropologists and sociologists interested more broadly in the concept of demons. . Language: English