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33Book Review on The Philosophical Challenge from China (review)Comparative Philosophy 7 (1). 2016.In this paper, I review the book The Philosophical Challenge from China, edited by Brian Bruya. I critically discuss each of the 13 contributions.
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11Rob Lovering. God and Evidence. Bloomsbury, 2013European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 8 (1): 254--260. 2016.
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18J. A. Van Slyke, The Cognitive Science of Religion, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2011European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 8 (4): 231--233. 2016.
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111There Is No Sensus DivinitatisJournal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies 15 (45): 24-40. 2016.Inspired by Alvin Plantinga, many philosophers of religion accept the existence of a sensus divinitatis, a cognitive mechanism that produces religious beliefs. In this paper I will argue that there are no good reasons to accept the existence of a sensus divinitatis and hence its existence should not be affirmed. Plantinga gives two arguments for its existence, one empirical and one from the nature of God. I will argue that the first argument fails because God’s nature makes it more likely that h…Read more
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546Religious Belief is not Natural. Why cognitive science of religion does not show that religious belief is rational.Studia Humana 5 (4): 34-44. 2016.It is widely acknowledged that the new emerging discipline cognitive science of religion has a bearing on how to think about the epistemic status of religious beliefs. Both defenders and opponents of the rationality of religious belief have used cognitive theories of religion to argue for their point. This paper will look at the defender-side of the debate. I will discuss an often used argument in favor of the trustworthiness of religious beliefs, stating that cognitive science of religion shows…Read more
VU University Amsterdam
PhD, 2018
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics and Epistemology |