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60Abstract Objects and Causation: Bringing Causation Back Into Contemporary PlatonismRevista Portuguesa de Filosofia 71 (4): 769-780. 2015.Resumo O autor defenderá, por um lado, a existência dos objectos abstractos e, por outro, o seu papel causal, numa ontologia platónica, tal como enquadrada por Roderick Chisholm. Se plausível, a natureza e o papel dos abstracta sob a forma de estados de coisas, oferecem-nos razões para acreditar em uma descrição bem-sucedida e explicativa da intencionalidade humana e animal que não está encerrada no mundo físico. Palavras-chave : causalidade, encerramento causal, fisicalismo, objectos abstractos…Read more
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24Mind, 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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10The 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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6The 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 Robert Oppy & Nick Trakakis (eds.), Medieval Philosophy of Religion: The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 2, Oxford University Press. 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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31Grand 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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77When 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 V. 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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80The 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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73Nagel’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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42Possibilities 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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68Contemporary Philosophy of ReligionWiley-Blackwell. 1997.This volume provides a vivid and engaging introduction to contemporary philosophy of religion.
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26Cumulative 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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