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22Roger Trigg rationality and religion. (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1998). Pp. VI+226. £45.00 hbk, £14.99 pbkReligious Studies 35 (1): 99-111. 1999.
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52Why Only Perfection Is Good EnoughPhilosophical Papers 29 (3): 155-158. 2000.Abstract I argue that the traditional problem of evil mislocates the problem which confronts the theist. The real problem arises not from the evil in the world, but from the non-perfection of the world. Given that a perfect God could create only a perfect world, and given that the world is not in fact perfect, I construct an argument for atheism. I show that the argument is not open to the objections which theists standardly bring against the traditional objection from evil
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567The Argument from ImperfectionPhilo 9 (2): 113-130. 2006.The paper argues that given the defining features of the God of “perfect being” theology, God would not create any contingently existing things. To do so would introduce a kind of gratuitous metaphysical imperfection in an otherwise metaphysically perfect universe. Given that in fact there are contingent things, it follows that the God of perfect being theism does not exist.
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32Modern Epistemology: A New IntroductionMcGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. 1995.This text offers an account of how philosophers in the 20th century have challenged the ideas of the modern philosophers of the 17th century on fundamental questions in epistemology. Featuring examples, self-study questions and further readings, the text introduces and critically defines logical analysis, foundationalism and coherentism.
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79The Impossibility of MiraclesReligious Studies 23 (3). 1987.TAKING ONE STANDARD DEFINITION OF ’MIRACLES’ AS ’VIOLATIONS OF LAWS OF NATURE, BY A VOLITION OF GOD’, I ARGUE THAT NO REPORT ASSERTING THE OCCURRENCE OF A MIRACLE CAN BE TRUE. WHATEVER IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH A TRUTH MUST ITSELF BE FALSE, AND NO STATEMENT OF A GENUINE LAW OF NATURE CAN BE OTHER THAN TRUE. OBJECTIONS TO THE ARGUMENT, INCLUDING THOSE BY MACKIE AND SWINBURNE, ARE REBUTTED
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Gellman, JI-Experience of God and the Rationality of Theistic BeliefPhilosophical Books 39 215-216. 1998.
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81Interpretations of God's eternityReligious Studies 34 (1): 25-32. 1998.A number of authors, including contributors to this journal, have argued that the only consistent interpretation of God's eternal existence attributes to God an atemporal existence. Their argument seeks to show that it would be self-contradictory to adopt the opposing interpretation that God exists in time, and has indeed existed for an infinite past time. This paper argues that their objections to infinite past existence all turn on a misunderstanding of what that concept involves. The theist i…Read more
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52What’s Wrong with Murder? Some Thoughts on Human and Animal KillingInternational Journal of Applied Philosophy 7 (1): 47-54. 1992.
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102Critical Review of Mary Midgley's Intelligent Design Theory and Other Ideological ProblemsJournal of Philosophy of Education 48 (4): 665-674. 2014.Mary Midgley's pamphlet Intelligent Design Theory and Other Ideological Problems has been a widely read contribution to discussions of the place of creationism in schools. In this critique of her account, I outline Midgley's view of the relations between science and religion, her claims about what material can legitimately appear in science lessons, and her account of the nature of religion. I argue that she is mistaken in all three areas, and show that her most plausible reply to these criticis…Read more
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76The Non-Existence of GodRoutledge London. 2003.Is it possible to prove or disprove God's existence? Arguments for the existence of God have taken many different forms over the centuries: in The Non-Existence of God, Nicholas Everitt considers all of the arguments and examines the role that reason and knowledge play in the debate over God's existence. He draws on recent scientific disputes over neo-Darwinism, the implication of 'big bang' cosmology, and the temporal and spatial size of the universe; and discusses some of the most recent work …Read more
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University of East AngliaSchool of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication StudiesOther faculty (Postdoc, Visiting, etc)
Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Religion |