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9Review of R. D. Rosenkrantz: Inference, Method and Decision (review)British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 29 (3): 301-304. 1978.
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33Faith and the Existence of GodRoyal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 24 121-143. 1988.Arguments move from premises to conclusions. The premises state things taken temporally for granted; if the argument works, the premises provide grounds for affirming the conclusion. A valid deductive argument is one in which the premises necessitate, that is, entail, the conclusion. What I shall call a ‘correct’ inductive argument is one in which the premises in some degree probabilify the conclusion, but do not necessitate it. More precisely, in what I shall call a correct P-inductive argument…Read more
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73The Christian Wager: R. G. SWINBURNEReligious Studies 4 (2): 217-228. 1969.On what grounds will the rational man become a Christian? It is often assumed by many, especially non-Christians, that he will become a Christian if and only if he judges that the evidence available to him shows that it is more likely than not that the Christian theological system is true, that, in mathematical terms, on the evidence available to him, the probability of its truth is greater than half. It is the purpose of this paper to investigate whether or not this is a necessary and sufficien…Read more
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"Science, Belief and Behaviour: Essays in honour of R. B. Braithwaite". Edited by D. H. Mellor (review)Mind 90 (n/a): 468. 1981.
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"Time and Cause: Essays Presented to Richard Taylor". Edited by P. Van Inwagen (review)Mind 91 (n/a): 139. 1982.
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David LewisIn Daniel Kolak & R. Martin (eds.), Self and Identity: Contemporary Philosophical Issues, Macmillan. pp. 273. 1991.
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35New Studies in Philosophy of Religion.Death and Immortality.Religion and Secularisation.The Concept of Miracle.Morality and Religion (review)Philosophical Quarterly 22 (86): 89. 1972.
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20Faith and the Existence of God: Arguments for the Existence of GodRoyal Institute of Philosophy Lectures 24 121-133. 1988.Arguments move from premises to conclusions. The premises state things taken temporally for granted; if the argument works, the premises provide grounds for affirming the conclusion. A valid deductive argument is one in which the premises necessitate, that is, entail, the conclusion. What I shall call a ‘correct’ inductive argument is one in which the premises in some degree probabilify the conclusion, but do not necessitate it. More precisely, in what I shall call a correct P-inductive argument…Read more
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29Original SinfulnessNeue Zeitschrift für Systematicsche Theologie Und Religionsphilosophie 27 (1): 235-250. 1985.
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130OmnipotenceAmerican Philosophical Quarterly 10 (3). 1973.CAN A COHERENT ACCOUNT BE PROVIDED OF WHAT IT IS FOR A BEING TO BE OMNIPOTENT, WHICH BRINGS OUT WHAT THEISTS HAVE WANTED TO SAY WHEN THEY CLAIM THAT GOD IS OMNIPOTENT? IT IS ARGUED THAT IT CAN. A BEING S IS SAID TO BE OMNIPOTENT AT A TIME T IF FOR ANY LOGICALLY CONTINGENT STATE OF AFFAIRS X AFTER T, SUCH THAT THE OCCURRENCE OF X AFTER T DOES NOT ENTAIL THAT S DID NOT BRING ABOUT X AT T, S IS ABLE AT T TO BRING ABOUT X. THIS ACCOUNT IS IMMUNE TO DIFFICULTIES SUCH AS THOSE OFFERED BY THE PARADOX O…Read more
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96Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind By Paul M. Churchland Cambridge University Press, 1979, 157 pp., £8.50 (review)Philosophy 55 (212): 273-. 1980.
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24The Construction of Reality By Michael A. Arbib and Mary B. Hesse Cambridge University Press, 1987, 286 pp., £25.00 (review)Philosophy 62 (242): 542-. 1987.
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52DesirePhilosophy 60 (234). 1985.DESIRES ARE INVOLUNTARY MENTAL READINESSES TO DO ACTIONS INDEPENDENTLY OF BELIEFS ABOUT THEIR WORTH. AGENTS OFTEN HAVE A CHOICE WHETHER TO DO THE ACTION BELIEVED BEST OR TO YIELD TO DESIRE TO DO AN ACTION BELIEVED LESS GOOD. ENJOYMENT CONSISTS IN THE SATISFACTION OF DESIRE. ALTHOUGH DESIRES ARE AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT INVOLUNTARY, AN AGENT CAN TAKE STEPS TO CHANGE HIS FUTURE DESIRES.
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23On What There Must Be By Ross Harrison. Oxford: Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1974, 210 pp., £4.25 (review)Philosophy 50 (191): 118-. 1975.