Scientific Approaches to the Philosophy of Religion

ISBN-13: 9781349331871 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 280 str.

Y. Nagasawa

Opis

Tackling central problems in philosophy of religion by referring to relevant theories and findings in cognitive science, anthropology, developmental psychology, decision theory, biology, physics, cosmology, the contributors address a range of topics, including divine attributes; God, creation and evolution; God and the universe; religious beliefs.

Spis treści

Series Editors' Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: Y.Nagasawa PART I: DIVINE ATTRIBUTES The Necessity of God and the Psychology of Counterfactual Thinking; R.Le Poidevin Why Would Anyone Believe in a Timeless God?: Two Types of Theology; B.Murphy PART II: GOD, CREATION AND EVOLUTION Darwin's Argument from Evil; P.Draper Attributing Agency: Fast and Frugal or All Things Considered?; G.Wood PART III: GOD AND THE UNIVERSE On Non-Singular Spacetimes and the Beginning of the Universe; W.L.Craig & J.D.Sinclair The Theistic Multiverse: Problems and Prospects; K.J.Kraay PART IV: RELIGIOUS BELIEFS How Relevant is the Cognitive Science of Religion to Philosophy of Religion?; D.Leech & A.Visala The Rationality of Classical Theism and Its Demographics; T.J.Mawson PART V: RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND DISAGREEMENT Coercion, Consequence and Salvation; S.Clarke Polarized yet Warranted Christian Belief; D.Efird PART VI: THE COMPATIBILITY OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION Freedom, Science, and Religion; K.A.Rogers The Compatibility of Science and Religion: Why the Warfare Thesis is False; M.Ruse Index

O autorze

STEVE CLARKE James Martin Fellow in the Institute for Ethics and Science, Oxford Martin School and Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK; and Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, Australia WILLIAM LANE CRAIG Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, USA PAUL DRAPER Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University, USA DAVID EFIRD Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of York, UK KLAAS J. KRAAY Associate Professor of Philosophy at Ryerson University, Canada ROBIN LE POIDEVIN Professor of Metaphysics at the University of Leeds, UK DAVID LEECH Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Universities of Paris 10 and Blaise Pascal University, France TIM MAWSON Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Peter's College, University of Oxford, UK BENJAMIN MURPHY Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the Florida State University, Panama KATHERIN A. ROGERS Professor of Philosophy at the University of Delaware, USA MICHAEL RUSE Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science at Florida State University, USA JAMES D. SINCLAIR Physicist and Senior Combat Analyst for the United States Navy, USA AKU VISALA Research Fellow at the Academy of Finland and the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at the University of Oxford, UK GRAHAM WOOD Lecturer in Philosophy at University of Tasmania, Australia