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Theorizing Backlash: Philosophical Reflections on the Resistance to Feminism (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2002.Contrary to the popular belief that feminism has gained a foothold in the many disciplines of the academy, the essays collected in Theorizing Backlash argue that feminism is still actively resisted in mainstream academia. Contributors to this volume consider the professional, philosophical, and personal backlashes against feminist thought, and reflect upon their ramifications. The conclusion is that the disdain and irrational resentment of feminism, even in higher education, amounts to a backlas…Read more
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10Perfect Being TheologyIn Charles Taliaferro, Paul Draper & Philip L. Quinn (eds.), A Companion to Philosophy of Religion, Wiley‐blackwell. 2010.This chapter contains sections titled: History Contemporary Problems Conclusion Works cited.
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26The Epistemology of Trust and the Politics of SuspicionPacific Philosophical Quarterly 73 (4): 390-400. 1992.
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145Why I Know About As Much As You: A Reply to HardwigJournal of Philosophy 90 (5): 260-270. 1993.
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24Review of Key Concepts in Eastern Philosophy, by Oliver Leaman (review)Essays in Philosophy 3 (1): 73-74. 2002.
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7In Defense of AnselmPhilo 8 (1): 55-58. 2005.David Truncellito provides an analysis of Anselm’s ontological argument according to which Anselm’s use of the term “God” equivocates between purported reference to a being and reference to the idea of that being. I argue that this interpretation does not capture Anselm’s intent, and offer another analysis of the argument that charges Anselm with a different equivocation.
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56In Defense of AnselmPhilo 8 (1): 55-58. 2005.David Truncellito provides an analysis of Anselm’s ontological argument according to which Anselm’s use of the term “God” equivocates between purported reference to a being and reference to the idea of that being. I argue that this interpretation does not capture Anselm’s intent, and offer another analysis of the argument that charges Anselm with a different equivocation.
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18A Peace Plan for the Science WarsLogos and Episteme 2 (3): 413-422. 2011.In what has become known as the ‘Science Wars,’ two sides have emerged. Some philosophers of science have claimed that, because science is a social practice, it is hopelessly infected with political bias. Others have claimed that science is a special kind of practice, structurally immune to bias. They are both right, because they are referring to different things when they use the word ‘science.’ The second group is referring the method of theory selection, as practiced by scientists in the labo…Read more
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10An empirical challenge to dissatisfaction theodicySouthwest Philosophy Review 21 (1): 197-203. 2005.
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51Natural Theology and the Concept of Perfection in Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz: MARK O. WEBBReligious Studies 25 (4): 459-475. 1989.One of the hallmarks of the early modern rationalists was their confidence that a great deal of metaphysics could be done by purely a priori reasoning. They thought so at least partly because they inherited via Descartes Anselm's confidence that the existence of God could be established by purely a priori reasoning in an ontological argument. They also inherited a Thomistic and scholastic confidence that the concept of God as supremely perfect being, if subjected to serious and deep analysis, wo…Read more
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50Feminist Epistemology and the Extent of the SocialHypatia 10 (3). 1995.Many feminist epistemologists have been inclined to embrace socialized epistemology. There are, however, many different theses that go by that name. Sandra Harding, Lynn Hankinson Nelson, and Elizabeth Potter hold various of these theses, but their reasons for holding those theses, while they do support less ambitious theses, do not support the theses they are offered to support.
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28Does the sanctity of Christian mystics corroborate their claims?International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 37 (2). 1995.
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58An empirical challenge to dissatisfaction theodicySophia 44 (2): 197-203. 2005.Some philosophers of religion claim that one reason God permits suffering is to make people dissatisfied with their lives so they will turn to him. That theodicy is inadequate because 1) that strategy of behavior modification constitutes punishment (in the psychologists’ sense), and 2) punishment is not the most effective strategy of behavior modification. Since God can be expected to use the most effective strategy available to him, such a theodicy is inadequate.
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63An eliminativist theory of religionSophia 48 (1): 35-42. 2009.A philosophical theory of religion ought to meet four criteria: it should be extensionally accurate, neutral, phenomenological, and non-circular. I argue that none of the popular theories of religion meet all these criteria, and that, in particular, the extensional accuracy criterion and the non-circularity criterion can’t be met without sacrificing extensional accuracy. I conclude that, therefore, religions do not form a kind, and so, there is no such thing as religion.
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4A Comparative Doxastic-Practice Epistemology of Religious ExperienceImprint: Springer. 2014.This book takes a theoretical enterprise in Christian philosophy of religion and applies it to Buddhism, thus defending Buddhism and presenting it favorably in comparison. Chapters explore how the claims of both Christianity and Theravada Buddhism rest on people's experiences, so the question as to which claimants to religious knowledge are right rests on the evidential value of those experiences. The book examines mysticism and ways to understand what goes on in religious experiences, helping u…Read more
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Alan P.F. Sell, Philosophical Idealism and Christian Belief (review)Philosophy in Review 16 210-211. 1996.
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35Can epistemology help? The problem of the kentucky-Fried ratsSocial Epistemology 18 (1). 2004.This Article does not have an abstract
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Paul J. Griffiths, Problems of Religious Diversity (review)Philosophy in Review 22 (2): 116-118. 2002.
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Religion |
Social Epistemology |
Areas of Interest
Social Epistemology |
Epistemology of Religion |
Buddhism |