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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 |