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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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171Jewish 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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121The 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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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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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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26Wessen 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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University of Toronto, St. George CampusAssociate Professor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Religion |
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality |