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Mark S. McLeod-Harrison

George Fox University
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Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Religion
  • Al’s in Wonderland But Alston’s Well that Ends Well: Traditional Christianity and Noetic Nonrealism about the World
    Ars Disputandi 7. 2007.
    Many traditional Christians hold that since God created the world, the world is noetically real, that is, not dependent, generally, on human noetic contributions for its ontological status. This essay argues that traditional Christianity only requires noetic realism about God. William Alston and Plantinga are taken as examples of two traditional Christian philosophers who hold to noetic realism and their arguments touching on the connection between the Christianity and realism are considered
    Philosophy of Religion
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    Much “To-Do” about Nothing
    Philosophia Christi 11 (1): 207-214. 2009.
    Steven Hales’s defense of his philosophical relativism in “What to Do about Incommensurable Doxastic Perspectives” challenges a number of my criticisms made in my “Hales’s Argument for Philosophical Relativism.” I respond to each of these challenges and make a number of further observations about Hales’s position.
    Philosophy of ReligionEpistemology of Religion
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    The Many Ways God Is: Ontological Pluralism and Traditional Christian Theism
    Forum Philosophicum: International Journal for Philosophy 14 (2): 259-276. 2009.
    Traditional Christianity holds that God is a singular way, not dependent on the conceptual machinations of humans. I argue that God can be plural ways, different in different human conceptual schemes, all the while holding to traditional Christianity. In short, I provide a framework for an ontological pluralism that extends not just to the world being various ways but to God being various ways.
    Ontological Pluralism
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    Christian Feminism, Gender, and Human Essences: Toward a Solution of the Sameness and Difference Dilemma
    Forum Philosophicum: International Journal for Philosophy 19 (2): 169-191. 2014.
    Christian feminist theory faces many stresses, some due directly to the apparent nature of Christianity and its seeming patriarchy. But feminism can also be thought inherent in Christianity. All people are made in God’s image. Christians should view women and men as equals, just as they should see peopleof all races as equals. The basic question discussed, within a biblical and philosophical framework, is if it possible for Christian feminist theory to hold thatthere is an essence to being a wom…Read more
    Philosophy of Religion