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1191Against Miracles as Law-Violations: A Neo-Aristotelian ApproachEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religion 7 (4): 83--98. 2015.Miracles are commonly understood in the way David Hume defined them: as violations of the laws of nature. I argue, however, that the conjunction of Hume’s definition with a neo-Humean view of the laws of nature yields objectionable consequences. In particular, the two jointly imply that some miracles are logically impossible. A better way of thinking about miracles, I suggest, is on a neo-Aristotelian metaphysics. On that view, the laws of nature contain built-in ceteris paribus clauses that all…Read more
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78Grounding and the luck objection to agent-causal libertarianismPhilosophical Studies 179 (5): 1763-1775. 2022.Many philosophers think there is a luck problem confronting libertarian models of free will. If free actions are undetermined, then it seems to be a matter of chance or luck that they occur—so the objection goes. Agent-causal libertarians have responded to this objection by asserting that free actions, in their essence, involve a direct causal relation between agents and the events they cause. So, free actions are not lucky after all. Not everyone, however, is convinced by this response. Al Mele…Read more
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37Kenosis, omniscience, and the Anselmian concept of divinityReligious Studies 54 (2): 201-213. 2018.
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Duke UniversityDoctoral student
Saint Louis University
PhD, 2017
Areas of Specialization
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Free Will |
Physicalism |
Dualism |
Christianity |
Arguments for Theism |
Arguments Against Theism |
Metaphysical Naturalism |
Physicalism about the Mind |
Epistemology of Religion |