Theism and Explanation

ISBN-13: 9780415997386 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 212 str.

Dawes Gregory

Opis

Concedes the bare possibility that talk of divine action could constitute an explanation of some state of affairs, while noting that the conditions under which this would be true are unlikely to be fulfilled. This book also argues that a proposed explanation of this kind would rate poorly, when measured against our standards of explanatory virtue.

Recenzje

Gregory Dawes' Theism and Explanation is a competent, nuanced look at the nature and scope of theistic explanations.  Dawes argues that theistic explanations can in principle be good explanations, but he also argues that they have to meet a high bar to count as good explanations. ... The result is an interesting and insightful look at what it takes to be a successful theistic explanation.
-Bradley Monton, University of Colorado at Boulder, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

O autorze

Gregory W. Dawes is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Otago. He is the author of The Historical Jesus Question: The Challenge of History to Religious Authority.