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25Mind, Matter and Nature: A Thomistic Proposal for the Philosophy of Mind. By James D. MaddenAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 89 (1): 166-168. 2015.
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12The Ashgate Research Companion to Theological Anthropology (edited book)Ashgate Publishing Company. 2015.In recent scholarship there is an emerging interest in the integration of philosophy and theology. Philosophers and theologians address the relationship between body and soul and its implications for theological anthropology. In so doing, philosopher-theologians interact with cognitive science, biological evolution, psychology, and sociology. Reflecting these exciting new developments, The Ashgate Research Companion to Theological Anthropology is a resource for philosophers and theologians, stud…Read more
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7The Golden Cord: A Short Book on the Secular and the SacredUniversity of Notre Dame Press. 2012.The title of Charles Taliaferro’s book is derived from poems and stories in which a person in peril or on a quest must follow a cord or string in order to find the way to happiness, safety, or home. In one of the most famous of such tales, the ancient Greek hero Theseus follows the string given him by Ariadne to mark his way in and out of the Minotaur’s labyrinth. William Blake's poem “Jerusalem” uses the metaphor of a golden string, which, if followed, will lead one to heaven itself. Taliaferro…Read more
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1Ritual and Christian philosophyIn Kevin Schilbrack (ed.), Thinking through rituals: philosophical perspectives, Routledge. pp. 244. 2004.
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The Real Secret of the Phoenix: Moral Regeneration through DeathIn Gregory Bassham (ed.), The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy: Hogwarts for Muggles, Wiley. 2010.
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Twentieth-century philosophy of religion: An introductionIn Graham Oppy & Nick Trakakis (eds.), Medieval Philosophy of Religion: The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 2, Routledge. pp. 5--1. 2009.
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14Models of God and Global WarmingIn Jeanine Diller & Asa Kasher (eds.), Models of God and Alternative Ultimate Realities, Springer. pp. 979--989. 2013.
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32Grand Theories and Everyday Beliefs: Science, Philosophy, and Their Histories. by Matson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, 240pp., $29.05 ISBN – 13: 978-0199812691 (review)Philosophy 88 (1): 158-164. 2013.
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1Passionate Objectivity in Sherlock HolmesIn Philip Tallon & David Baggett (eds.), The Philosophy of Sherlock Holmes, University Press of Kentucky. 2012.
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In defense of the world : a reply to Patrick HornIn Randy Ramal (ed.), Metaphysics, analysis, and the grammar of God: process and analytic voices in dialogue, Mohr Siebeck. 2010.
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81When Should Philosophers Be Silent?Philosophy 87 (2): 163-187. 2012.Are there general precepts governing when philosophers should not conduct inquiry on a given topic? When, if ever, should a philosopher just be silent? In this paper we look at a number of practical, epistemic, and moral arguments for philosophical silence. Some are quite general, and suggest that it is best never to engage in philosophical inquiry, while others are more domain - or context - specific. We argue that these arguments fail to establish their conclusions. We do, however, try to iden…Read more
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22Review of Kevin J. harrelson, The Ontological Argument From Descartes to Hegel (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2009 (7). 2009.
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``Unknowable Truths and Omniscience: A Reply to Kvanvig"Journal of the American Academy of Religion 61 553-566. 1993.
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Religious ritesIn Charles Taliaferro & Chad Meister (eds.), The Cambridge companion to Christian philosophical theology, Cambridge University Press. 2010.
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1Jesus Christ and the meaning of lifeIn Paul K. Moser (ed.), Jesus and Philosophy: New Essays, Cambridge University Press. 2008.
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27Review of John Leslie, Immortality Defended (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2008 (7). 2008.
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82The virtues of embodimentPhilosophy 76 (1): 111-125. 2001.Surprisingly, materialists and dualists often appeal to the same factors in their depiction of being an embodied, human person: sensations, agency, and causal underpinnings. I propose that this picture be expanded to include epistemic, structural, and affective components. I further propose that these elements, taken together, be construed as virtues. Being an embodied, human person consists in the exercise of six types of virtues: Sensory Virtues, the Virtue of Agency, Constitutional Virtues, E…Read more
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74Nagel’s Vista or Taking Suhjectivity SeriouslySouthern Journal of Philosophy 26 (3): 393-401. 1988.
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57The perils of subjectivityInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 40 (4): 475-480. 1997.
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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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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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40Philosophical 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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