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793Two factor theories, meaning wholism and intentionalistic psychology: A reply to FodorPhilosophical Psychology 5 (2): 133-151. 1992.In the third chapter of his book Psychosemantics , Jerry A. Fodor argues that the truth of meaning holism (the thesis that the content of a psychological state is determined by the totality of that state's epistemic liaisons) would be fatal for intentionalistic psychology. This is because holism suggests that no two people are ever in the same intentional state, and so a psychological theory that generalizes over such states will be composed of generalizations which fail to generalize. Fodor the…Read more
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4674The prima/ultima facie justification distinction in epistemologyPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 56 (3): 551-566. 1996.
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1169In this paper I argue for a version of the Total Evidence view according to which the rational response to disagreement depends upon one's total evidence. I argue that perceptual evidence of a certain kind is significantly weightier than many other types of evidence, including testimonial. Furthermore, what is generally called "The Uniqueness Thesis" is actually a conflation of two distinct principles that I dub "Evidential Uniqueness" and "Rationality Uniqueness." The former principle is likely…Read more
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681Review of Matthias Steup (ed.), Knowledge, Truth, and Duty: Essays on Epistemic Justification, Responsibility, and Virtue (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2002 (3). 2002.
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20JL Schellenberg, Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 15 (1): 63-65. 1995.
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978God, Supernatural Kinds, and the IncarnationReligious Studies 27 (3): 353-370. 1991.Traditionally, the term ’God’ has been understood either as a proper name or as a description. However, according to a new view, the term God’ in a sentence like "Jesus Christ is God" functions as a kind term, much as the term ’tiger’ functions in the sentence "Tigger is a tiger." In this paper I examine the claim that divinity can be construed as a ’supernatural’ kind, developing the outlines of an account of the semantics of God’ along these lines, and suggest that it might solve an important …Read more
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2182Defending Divine FreedomIn L. Kvanvig Jonathan (ed.), Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion, Oxford University Press. pp. 168-95. 2013.
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911The Incarnation and the TrinityIn Michael J. Murray (ed.), Reason for the Hope Within, Wm. B. Eerdmans. 1999.
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1156The IncarnationIn Chad Meister & Paul Copan (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, Routledge Press. 2007.
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2098On the Tenability of Brute Naturalism and the Implications of Brute TheismPhilosophia Christi 10 (2): 273-280. 2010.Timothy O’Connor’s book Theism and Ultimate Explanation offers a defense of a new version of the cosmological argument. In his discussion, O’Connor argues against the coherence of a brute fact “explanation” of the universe and for the claim that the God of theism cannot be logically contingent. In this paper, I take issue with both of these arguments. Regarding the former, I claim that contrary to what O’Connor asserts, we have no good reason to prefer an account according to which the universe …Read more
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20Common Core/Diversity Dilemma, Agatheism and the Epistemology of Religious BeliefEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religion 8 (4): 213--226. 2016.The essay “The Common-Core/Diversity Dilemma: Revisions of Humean Thought, New Empirical Research, and the Limits of Rational Religious Belief‘ is a bold argument for the irrationality of “first-order‘ religious belief. However, unlike those associated with “New Atheism,‘ the paper’s authors Branden Thornhill-Miller and Peter Millican claim both that there are prospects for rational “second-order‘ religious belief and that religious belief and practice can play a positive role in human life. In …Read more
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19The Prima/Ultima Facie Justification Distinction in EpistemologyPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 56 (3): 551-566. 1996.
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Review of J.L. Schellenberg's Human Reason and the Hiddenness of God (review)Canadian Philosophical Reviews (I): 63-65. 1995.
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643Review of Paul K. Moser, The Evidence for God: Religious Knowledge Reexamined (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2011 (1). 2011.
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87God, Supernatural Kinds, and the Incarnation: THOMAS D. SENORReligious Studies 27 (3): 353-370. 1991.Thinking about God often leads to thinking about ‘God’. And it has never been completely clear how best to understand this little English word. Traditionally, ‘God’ has been taken to be either a description or a name. However, a third option has recently captured the attention of philosophical theologians. It is claimed that just as one should think of, say, ‘humanity’ as a kind term, so one should think of ‘God’, or perhaps ‘divinity’, as a kind term. But given the tight link between semantics …Read more
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844Drawing on Many Traditions: An Ecumenical Kenotic ChristologyIn Anna Marmodoro & Jonathan Hill (eds.), The Metaphysics of the Incarnation, Oxford University Press. 2011.
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2121What if there are no political obligations? A reply to A. J. SimmonsPhilosophy and Public Affairs 16 (3): 260-268. 1987.
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143The Knowledge-As-Perception Account of KnowledgeJournal of Philosophical Research 41 (9999): 91-109. 2016.William Alston once argued that justification is not necessary for knowledge. He was convinced of this because he thought that, in cases of clear perception, one could come to know that P even if one’s justification for believing P was defeated. The idea is that the epistemic strength of clear perception is sufficient to provide knowledge even where justification is lacking; perceiving (and believing) that P is sufficient for knowing that P. In this paper, I explore a claim about knowledge that …Read more
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