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12Der mentale Zugang zur Welt (review)Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy 8 (1): 231-238. 2004.
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25Medien der Vernunft. Eine Theorie des Geistes und der Rationalität auf der Grundlage einer Theorie der Medien (review)Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger 55 (4): 361-365. 2002.
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163Gottesbeweis oder Gedankenexperiment christlicher Theologie? Zu Dombrowskis Verteidigung des Ontologischen ArgumentsJahrbuch für Religionsphilosophie 8 69-91. 2009.In this paper I argue that Daniel A. Dombrowski's defence of a version of Anselm's ontological argument fails.
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148Wessen Wille geschehe? Fremdnützige Forschung an Nichteinwilligungsfähigen. Die Argumente in der philosophischen KritikZeitschrift Fur Philosophie Forschung 58 (3): 397-427. 2004.This paper critically examines the predominant arguments that have been proposed either in favour or against non-benefit medical research with human subjects incapable of informed consent. It is argued that none of the arguments succeeds, while acknowledging that such research is necessary.
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118Sexual diversity and divine creation: A tightrope walk between christianity and scienceZygon 48 (1): 35-59. 2013.Although modern societies have come to recognize diversity in human sexuality as simply part of nature, many Christian communities and thinkers still have considerable difficulties with related developments in politics, legislation, and science. In fact, homosexuality is a recurrent topic in the transdisciplinary encounter between Christianity and the sciences, an encounter that is otherwise rather “asexual.” I propose that the recent emergence of “Christianity and Science” as an academic field …Read more
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52Putnams Semi-FideismusTheologische Quartalschrift 185 (3): 215-234. 2007.In this paper I argue that Hilary Putnam is a semi-fideist.
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174Jewish Philosophy as a Guide to Life (review)European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 1 (2): 139-143. 2009.
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88"Experiments of Pure Reason": Kantianism and Thought Experiments in ScienceEpistemologia 35 (1): 141-160. 2012.Marco Buzzoni has presented a Kantian account of thought experiments in science as a serious rival to the current empiricist and Platonic accounts. This paper takes the first steps of a comprehensive assessment of this account in order to further the more general discussion of the feasibility of a Kantian theory of scientific thought experiments. Such a discussion is overdue. To this effect the broader question is addressed as to what motivates a Kantian approach. Buzzoni's account and the asses…Read more
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86The negation of nonsense is nonsense: Hilary Putnam on science and religionNeue Zeitschrift für Systematicsche Theologie Und Religionsphilosophie 52 (4): 350-376. 2010.While the influential analytical philosopher Hilary Putnam has made significant contributions to philosophy of mind, philosophy of language and philosophy of science, he isn't generally regarded as a philosopher of religion or a theologian. Nonetheless, I argue that his work should be of great interest to philosophers of religion and theologians. Focusing on the relationship between science and religion, this paper explores the importance of Putnam's attempt to reconcile his anti-metaphysical st…Read more
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122The relativized a priori and the laboratory of the mind: towards a neo-Kantian account of thought experiments in scienceEpistemologia 36 (1): 55-73. 2013.Building on a previously published contextualization of Marco Buzzoni’s Neo- Kantian account of scientific thought-experiments, this paper examines the explanatory power of this account. It is argued that Buzzoni’s account suffers from a number of shortcomings. Einstein’s clock-in-the-box thought experiment facilitates the demonstration of these deficits. In the light of both the identified inadequacies of Buzzoni’s account and the long-standing history of Kantian approaches to thought experimen…Read more
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7Science and Religion: East and West (edited book)Routledge India. 2015.This volume situates itself within the context of the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field that is dedicated to the study of the complex interactions between science and religion. It presents an innovative approach insofar as it addresses the Eurocentrism that is still prevalent in this field. At the same time it reveals how science develops in the space that emerges between the ‘local’ and the ‘global’. The volume examines a range of themes central to the interaction between science and reli…Read more
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6More than Sand Castles: Paul Tillich, Christianity, and ScienceIn Gerhard Schreiber & Heiko Schulz (eds.), Kritische Theologie: Tillich in Frankfurt, De Gruyter. pp. 251-268. 2015.
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24Review of: O. Gingerich: God’s Universe (review)History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis 11 232-234. 2008.
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27Wessen Wille geschehe? Fremdnützige Forschung an Nichteinwilligungsfähigen. Die Argumente in der philosophischen KritikZeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 58 (3). 2004.Drei Argumente scheinen insgesamt zur Bewältigung des akuten medizinethischen Problems der fremdnützigen Forschung an Nichteinwilligungsfähigen im Umlauf zu sein: Das Autonomieargument und das Innovationsforschungsfreiheitsargument , mit denen eine Berechtigung herbeizuführen versucht wird, als auch das Menschenwürdeargument , das dem Verbot dienen soll. AA hat nach wie vor den größten Einfluss in der Debatte um PfFN. Nach einer knappen Skizze des Ausmaßes von dem angemeldeten Bedarf an fremdnüt…Read more
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The art of dialogue and the Christian-Jewish encounter. A first approach – L. Rodriguez Duplá: Gotteserkenntnis und natürliche Religion bei Max SchelerJahrbuch für Religionsphilosophie 9. 2010.
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120Quantum physics and theology: John Polkinghorne on thought experimentsZygon 47 (2): 256-288. 2012.Abstract Thought experimentation is part of accepted scientific practice, and this makes it surprising that philosophers of science did not seriously engage with it for a very long time. The situation changed in the 1990s, resulting in a highly intriguing debate over thought experiments. Initially, the discussion focused mostly on thought experiments in physics, philosophy, and mathematics. Other disciplines have since become the subject of interest. Yet, nothing substantial has been said about …Read more
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Kreativität im Denken. Eine Kritik des Reliabilitätsarguments von John D. Norton gegen rationalistische Epistemologien zur Methode des GedankenexperimentsIn Günter Abel (ed.), Kreativität, Universitätsverlag Der Tu Berlin. 2005.In this paper I argue that Norton's case against Brown's rationalism about thought experiments suffers from serious shortcomings, which relate to the nature of induction.
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50The "art of dialogue" and the Christian-Jewish encounter. A first approachJahrbuch für Religionsphilosophie 9 67-93. 2010.In this paper I raise awareness of a crucial blind spot in scholarship on the Christian-Jewish dialogue. The main argument of the paper is that a closer examination of the dialogue form is necessary in order to assess the tenability of Christian-Jewish dialogue. Despite the widespread talk and intensive scholarship about the Jewish-Christian dialogue two things remain unclear: what concept of dialogue is presupposed; what makes the dialogue form appropriate for the Christian-Jewish encounter. Th…Read more
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42Transsexuality: Reconciling Christianity and ScienceToronto Journal of Theology 27 (1): 51-71. 2011.Furthering the dialogue with J. Wentzel van Huyssteen over his way of reconciling Christianity and science while reflecting on human uniqueness, I offer a philosophical analysis of the phenomenon of transsexuality. The focus of my analysis is the implications of transsexuality for the metaphysics of reductive naturalism. Envisioning a pluralistic ontology of the sexed human body, I propose to account for human sexuality within the general framework of normative pragmatism. The context of my refl…Read more
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University of Toronto, St. George CampusAssociate Professor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Religion |
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality |