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16Turning Images in Philosophy, Science, and Religion: A New Book of Nature (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2011.This engaging collection of essays locates the debate between theism and naturalism in the broader context of reflection on imagination and aesthetics. The eleven original essays will be of interest to anyone who is fascinated by the power of imagination and the role of aesthetics in deciding between worldviews or philosophies of nature.
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The coherence of theismIn Paul Copan & Chad V. Meister (eds.), Philosophy of religion: classic and contemporary issues, Blackwell. 2008.
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24A dictionary of philosophy of religion (edited book)Continuum. 2010.An indispensable and comprehensive resource for students and scholars of philosophy of religion.
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28Explaining religious experienceIn Jeffrey Schloss & Michael J. Murray (eds.), The Believing Primate: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Reflections on the Origin of Religion, Oxford University Press. pp. 200. 2009.Accession Number: ATLA0001788492; Hosting Book Page Citation: p 200-214.; Language(s): English; Issued by ATLA: 20130825; Publication Type: Essay; Related Books/Electronic Resources: 9780713997897; 067003472X; 9780670034727; By: Dennett, Daniel C Breaking the spell 464 p. Publisher: New York : Viking ; London : Allen Lane (Penguin Books), 2006. ATLA0001508292
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10NaturalismEerdmans. 2008.Argues against naturalism, or the idea that natural physical processes explain everything, the mind and soul do not exist, and consciousness and causality may have no basis, and suggests that it does not account for human--or any--action.
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46Dualism and the Problem of IndividuationReligious Studies 22 (2). 1986.H. D. Lewis once remarked he did not think ‘any case for immortality can get off the ground if we fail to make a case for dualism’. Lewis vigorously defended both mind body dualism, the theory that minds are nonphysical, spatially unextended things in causal interaction with physical, spatially extended things, as well as the conceivability of an after life. Lewis defended the intelligibility of supposing distinct, individual persons continue existing after bodily death, possibly even after all …Read more
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Realism and Religion; Philosophical and Theological Perspectives, edited by Andrew Moore and Michael Scott (review)Ars Disputandi 10. 2010.
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38Philosophical critique of natural theologyIn J. H. Brooke, F. Watts & R. R. Manning (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology, Oxford Up. pp. 385. 2013.This chapter discusses the two kinds of philosophical critiques of natural theology: external and internal critiques. External critiques take aim at the whole project, objecting to the metaphysics, epistemology, or theory of values that make natural theology possible at all. Internal critiques allow that natural theology can succeed but none of its arguments are cogent or meet high philosophical standards. Among external critiques, Kant's Critique of Pure Reason seeks to undermine all metaphysic…Read more
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27The Limits of PowerPhilosophy and Theology 5 (2): 115-124. 1990.One argument that there cannot exist a being who creates all laws of nature was first outlined by J. L. Mackie, and further developed by Gilbert Fulmer. Fulmer’s version of the argument is examined, together with a recent neoCartesian counter-argument. The Menzel-Morris thesis holds that God’s power extends to creating his own nature. I argue that Fulmer’s argument is false, but that it can sustain counter-arguments of the type formulated by Menzel-Morris.
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1We argue that glory, while seductive, should not be sought for its own sake. We employ some Greek ethics, personalism, and the superhero figures "The Fantastic Four"
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Going beyond property dualismIn Kevin Corcoran (ed.), Soul, body, and survival: essays on the metaphysics of human persons, Cornell University Press. 2001.
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Soul, Body, and Survival: Essays on the Metaphysics of Human PersonsCornell University Press. 2001.
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15Revelation Today (review)Philosophia Christi 13 (2): 427-435. 2011.There is much to appreciate in Samuel Fleischacker’s Divine Teaching and the Way of the World: A Defense of Revealed Religion. In the tradition of Tolstoy, Fleischacker argues that secular philosophy does not have the resources to provide for a meaningful life; a life of meaning is to be found principally through revealed religion. In the end, however, his concept of revelation seems very thin, ruling out even the intelligibility of experiencing God. We critically assess his atrophied concept of…Read more
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29Emergentism and consciousness: Going beyond property dualismIn Kevin J. Corcoran (ed.), Soul, Body, and Survival: Essays on the Metaphysics of Human Persons, Cornell University Press. 2001.
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660Divine and Human Agency from the Standpoint of Historicalism, Scientism, and Phenomenological RealismEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religion 7 (3): 3--25. 2015.Phenomenological realism, in the tradition of Dietrich von Hildebrand, is advanced as a promising methodology for a theistic philosophy of divine and human agency. Phenomenological realism is defended in contrast to the practice of historicalism -- the view that a philosophy of mind and God should always be done as part of a thoroughgoing history of philosophy, e.g. the use of examples in analytic theology should be subordinated to engaging the work of Kant and other great philosophers. The crit…Read more
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23Peter Van Inwagen and Dean Zimmerman (eds) persons: Human and divine (oxford: Clarendon press, 2007). Pp.IX+380. £60.00 (hbk). ISBN 9780199277516 (review)Religious Studies 44 (4): 499-504. 2008.
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The soul of the runnerIn Michael W. Austin (ed.), Running and Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind, Blackwell. 2007.
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Consciousness and the Mind of GodAmerican Journal of Theology and Philosophy 17 (1): 107-112. 1996.
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39The Ideal Observer’s Philosophy of ReligionThe Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 4 51-58. 1999.Philosophical assessments of different religious traditions face two substantial objections, among others. According to one, the very nature of religious traditions as embedded forms of life prevents this philosophical undertaking. According to the other, a philosophical inventory is possible but under its guise no religious tradition will be left standing. I reply to both and then comment on whether there is (or can be) an ideal observation post from which to philosophically elucidate and compa…Read more
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22Kenny, Anthony. A Brief History of Western Philosophy (review)Review of Metaphysics 53 (3): 712-714. 2000.
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35The Divine Attributes (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 70 (3): 742-745. 2005.This book is a first-rate contribution to analytic philosophy of religion. The divine attributes that are the focus of this analytic enterprise are constitutive of theism. They include substantiality, incorporeality, necessary existence, eternality, omniscience, perfect virtue, moral admirability, and omnipotence. Hoffman and Rosenkrantz limit themselves to a conceptual goal; they argue for the coherence of theism not its truth. The book contains a useful glossary and terms are introduced with c…Read more
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