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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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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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2Wie wirklich ist der Gott der Theologen? Eine Entgegnung auf Peter Byrnes Plädoyer für den theologischen AgnostizismusTheologie Und Philosophie 79 (4): 562-572. 2004.In this paper I critically examine Peter Byrne's arguments against theological realism.
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38Die Frage nach Gott und eine Kritik der überzogenen Antwort von Norbert HoersterTheologie Und Philosophie 81 (4): 93-103. 2006.In this paper I show why Norbert Hoerster's plea for atheism is rather unconvincing.
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21Miracles and Science: Mora than a Miraculous RelationshipToronto Journal of Theology 28 (1): 159-163. 2012.A solicited response to Robert Larmer's defence of the supernaturalist model of miracles. I show why Larmer fails to make his claim plausible that there aren't any good theological reasons to turn away from the supernaturalist model of miracles.
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81The Case Against Perfection (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 83 (4): 636-639. 2009.
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26Das leibliche Selbst. Vorlesungen zur Phänomenologie des Leibes (review)Theologie Und Philosophie 76 (3): 472-475. 2001.
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116Quantum Physics and Theology (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 84 (1): 186-188. 2010.
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46Living with Darwin: Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 81 (4): 674-677. 2007.
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20Gedankenexperimente. Die Genese einer wissenschaftsphilosophischen Forschungstradition nach Ulrich KühneDeutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie (1): 149-157. 2007.This is a review essay of what is probably the best contribution to the history of the philosophical investigation into thought experiments.
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17Wissenschaftstheorie. Eine philosophische Einführung (review)Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger 55 (1): 70-74. 2002.
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12Transsexualität zwischen Genetik und sozialer PraxisDeutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 57 (5): 757-780. 2009.Transsexuality has been subject to careful reflections in many disciplines outside philosophy. I first contextualize my philosophical approach by relating to the existing scholarship on transsexuality. Focusing on matters of sexual identity, I then propose a characterization of what might be considered the philosophical dimension of transsexual identity. Paying particular attention to the propositional consciousness of transsexuals, I develop the main thesis that transsexuality helps philosopher…Read more
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52Poems of Productive Imagination: Thought Experiments, Christianity and Science in NovalisNeue Zeitschrift für Systematicsche Theologie Und Religionsphilosophie 55 (1): 54-83. 2013.Thought experiments are employed for a number of reasons and in many different disciplines. This paper explores the work of Novalis in relation to the method of thought experiments in theology, with a special focus on the encounter between Christianity and the science of his day. In a first step I revisit the ongoing philosophical discussion on thought experiments in order to highlight the lack of interest in the literary features of thought experiments. Step two is dedicated to a discussion of …Read more
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11John Doody;, Adam Goldstein;, Kim Paffenroth . Augustine and Science. vi + 233 pp., bibl., index. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2013. $65 (review)Isis 106 (3): 690-691. 2015.
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40Die Geschlechtererosion des Semantischen Realismusmentis. 2006.This work is a contribution to analytic philosophy of sex. It deals with the scientific concept of the sexed human body by focusing in particular on the logical and the semantic implications of such a concept.
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42‘Sein, das verstanden werden kann, ist Sprache’. Hommage an Hans-Georg Gadamer (review)Theologie Und Philosophie 77 (3): 460-462. 2002.
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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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115This book is an introduction to philosophy of sex. The history of philosophy of sex is depicted (from Plato to Herman Schmitz) to set up the background against which the philosophy of sex by Herman Schmitz is analyzed. This leads to the discussion of topics like masturbation, the ontology of the sexed human body, and same-sex marriage.
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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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161Gottesbeweis 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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University of Toronto, St. George CampusAssociate Professor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Religion |
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality |