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1In an inductive argument data increase the probability of a hypothesis insofar as the hypothesis makes probable the data, the data are otherwise not likely to occur, and the hypothesis is simple. The Cosmological argument from the existence of the universe, the Teleological argument from its conformity to natural law, and other arguments from more detailed features of the universe each increase the probability that there is a God. I thus summarize in simple form the main points of my book ’The E…Read more
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1Reply to My CriticsIn Ch Weidemann (ed.), Richard Swinburne: Christian Philosophy in a Modern World, Ontos Verlag. 2008.
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1If there is a God who wants us to become saints worthy of the beatific vision, he will provide us with information how to do so -- that is, with a propositional revelation. The revelation will not be too evident -- in order that we may choose whether or not to search it out and tell others about it -- and its interpretation for new centuries and cultures will require a church. The tests of a genuine revelation are its consonance with our knowledge of God obtained by other routes, and some sort o…Read more
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125 Natural Evil and the Possibility of Knowledge'In Eleonore Stump & Michael J. Murray (eds.), Philosophy of Religion: The Big Questions, Blackwell. pp. 6--210. 1999.
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1The Dark TideOxford University Press UK. 1993.The author investigates what it means, and whether it is coherent, to say that there is a God, concluding that, despite philosophical objections, the claims which religious believers make about God are generally coherent. Sometimes the words by which this is expressed are used in a stretched sense, but theologians acknowledge the fact.
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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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If there is a God who wants us to become saints worthy of the beatific vision, he will provide us with information how to do so -- that is, with a propositional revelation. The revelation will not be too evident -- in order that we may choose whether or not to search it out and tell others about it -- and its interpretation for new centuries and cultures will require a church. The tests of a genuine revelation are its consonance with our knowledge of God obtained by other routes, and some sort o…Read more
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Miracles and Laws of NatureIn Brian Davies (ed.), Philosophy of Religion: A Guide and Anthology, Oxford University Press. 2000.
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Bayes, God, and the multiverseIn Jake Chandler & Victoria S. Harrison (eds.), Probability in the Philosophy of Religion, Oxford University Press. 2012.
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The Future of the SoulIn Eleonore Stump & Michael J. Murray (eds.), Philosophy of Religion: The Big Questions, Blackwell. pp. 6--367. 1999.
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Review of Clark N. Glymour: Theory and Evidence (review)British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 32 (3): 314-318. 1981.