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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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25A Defense of First and Second-Order Theism: The Limits of Empirical Inquiry and the Rationality of Religious BeliefEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religion 8 (3): 213-235. 2016.We argue that the use of the term “supernatural” is problematic in philosophy of religion in general, and in the contribution by Thornhill-Miller and Millican in particular. We address the disturbing parallel between Hume’s case against the rationality of belief in miracles and his dismissal of reports of racial equality. We do not argue that because Hume was a racist therefore his view against miracles is faulty, but we draw attention to how Hume sets up a framework that, for similar reasons, d…Read more
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360Eleonore Stump. Wandering in Darkenss: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering. Oxford University Press, 2010European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 3 (2): 455--459. 2011.
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16Review of John Clayton, Religions, Reasons and Gods: Essays in Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Religion (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2007 (7). 2007.
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53Possibilities in Philosophy of MindPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 57 (1): 127-137. 1997.This paper seeks to overturn the claim that Cartesian arguments for dualism based on the conceivable separation of person and body lack warrant, since it is just as conceivable that persons are identical with their bodies as it is that persons and their bodies are distinct. If the thesis of the paper is cogent, then it is not as easy to imagine person-body identity as many anti-Cartesians suppose.
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69Contemporary Philosophy of ReligionWiley-Blackwell. 1997.This volume provides a vivid and engaging introduction to contemporary philosophy of religion.
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28Cumulative Argument, Sustaining Causes, and MiraclesPhilosophia Christi 8 (2). 2006.This is a critique of J. H. Sobel’s ’Logic and Theism’, defending the use of cumulative arguments, and the coherence of theistic metaphysics
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34The give and take of biological naturalism: John Searle and the case for dualismPhilosophia Christi 7 (2): 447-462. 2005.
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34Saving our souls: Hacking's archaeology and Churchland's neurologyInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 40 (1). 1997.
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632The Double-Movement Model of Forgiveness in Buddhist and Christian RitualsEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religion 1 (1). 2009.We offer a model of moral reform and regeneration that involves a wrong-doer making two movements: on the one hand, he identifies with himself as the one who did the act, while he also intentionally moves away from that self (or set of desires and intentions) and moves toward a transformed identity. We see this model at work in the formal practice of contrition and reform in Christian and Buddhist rites. This paper is part of a broader project we are undertaking on the philosophy of forgiveness
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45Evidence and Faith: Philosophy and Religion Since the Seventeenth CenturyCambridge University Press. 2005.Charles Taliaferro has written a dynamic narrative history of philosophical reflection on religion from the seventeenth century to the present, with an emphasis on shifting views of faith and the nature of evidence. The book begins with the movement called Cambridge Platonism, which formed a bridge between the ancient and medieval worlds and early modern philosophy. While the book provides a general overview of different movements in philosophy, it also offers a detailed exposition and reflectio…Read more
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9Philosophers without God (review)Philosophia Christi 11 (1): 224-230. 2009.An overview and critical evaluation of personal testimonies and arguments by some contemporary atheist philosophers. Feldman’s case that epistemic parity (where equally intelligent persons adopt incompatible beliefs) should lead to agnosticism is examined and found to be self-refuting.
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1PrayerIn P. Copan & C. Meister (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, Routledge. pp. 617--625. 2007.
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Consciousness and the Mind of GodInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion 39 (2): 123-125. 1996.
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