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24CredulismInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion 16 (2). 1984.Some recent philosophers of religion have addressed the question of how, and whether it is possible, that the religious experiences some persons have had can give reasons for believing that God exists. Swinburne, for example, claims that what he calls the principle of credulity implies that the religious experiences of those that have them do provide evidence for others that God exists. He formulates the principle as follows: 1 (1) if it seems (epistemically) to a subject that x is present, then…Read more
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731Religious Pluralism and the Buridan's Ass ParadoxEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religion 1 (1): 1-26. 2009.The paradox of ’Buridan’s ass’ involves an animal facing two equally adequate and attractive alternatives, such as would happen were a hungry ass to confront two bales of hay that are equal in all respects relevant to the ass’s hunger. Of course, the ass will eat from one rather than the other, because the alternative is to starve. But why does this eating happen? What reason is operative, and what explanation can be given as to why the ass eats from, say, the left bale rather than the right bal…Read more
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29Virtue EpistemologyIn Sven Bernecker Duncan Pritchard (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Epistemology, Routledge. pp. 199--207. 2010.
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58Epistemic JustificationIn Sven Bernecker Duncan Pritchard (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Epistemology, Routledge. pp. 25--36. 2010.
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Areas of Specialization
Epistemology |
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Language |
Philosophy of Religion |
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |