Will Richard Dawkins finally engage in a scholarly one-to-one discussion with William Lane Craig when he visits Oxford? It would appear not, and even some fellow atheists seem to think he’s making a big mistake. This is the story, so far, but what will come next? Prof Craig’s UK Speaking Schedule here. Prof Craig’s UK [...]
Continue Reading...From the Philosophy Bites Podcast: David Eagleman on Morality and the Brain Should recent discoveries about the brain change our attitude to moral responsibility and culpability? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast neuroscientist David Eagleman argues that it should. David Eagleman is a neuroscientist and a writer. He directs the Laboratory for Perception [...]
Continue Reading...Philosopher Richard Swinburne was recently interviewed by Julian Baggini on the Microphilosophy podcast regarding his arguments for mind-body substance dualism. Listen to the podcast episode here. Roger’s comments to Julian Baggini: Thanks for interviewing Richard Swinburne regarding his dualist beliefs of the nature of persons. To lay my cards on the table, I too [...]
Continue Reading...In Search of the Soul, Second Edition Perspectives on the Mind-Body Problem Edited by Joel B. Green ISBN 13: 978-1-60899-473-1 Pages: 196 Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 11/01/2010 Street Date: 09/20/2010 Division: Wipf and Stock Category: Theology Book Description Why A Search for the Soul? Many Christians assume that it is biblically faithful and theologically noncontroversial [...]
Continue Reading...Dr Glenn Peoples is a Philospher of Religion and a Christian who hails from Dunedin in New Zealand (right down on the south west corner of the South Island). He runs the excellent blog and podcast Say Hello to my Little Friend. In this audio podcast series, Glenn runs through the spectrum of models for [...]
Continue Reading...Even though evidence and arguments , such as the arguments of natural theology, can be used to support the [rational warrant of] the believer’s faith, they are not properly the basis of that faith. The proper basis of Christian faith for the believer is the inner witness of the Holy Spirit himself. God, for us, [...]
Continue Reading...The Mysterious Flame: Conscious Minds in a Material World (by Colin McGinn) You have a piece of meat in your head called a brain. You also have perceptions, feelings, thoughts, and ideas, which scientists assert are related in some fashion to that piece of meat. How can this be? Philosopher Colin McGinn looks at this [...]
Continue Reading...Philosopher Alvin Plantinga discusses properly basic beliefs, and why belief in God is itself properly basic. Alvin Carl Plantinga (born November 15, 1932) is an American analytic philosopher and the emeritus John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is known for his work in philosophy of religion, epistemology, metaphysics, [...]
Continue Reading...From the Philosophy Bites podcast. Catharine MacKinnon on Gender Crime Do we need a special category to understand certain sorts of crime based on relationships of power? Catharine MacKinnon believes that the concept of gender crime brings into focus the special nature of a range of crimes. Catharine A. MacKinnon, is the Elizabeth A. Long [...]
Continue Reading...There Is A God : How The World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind Flew (Antony G. Flew) In There Is a God one of the world’s pre-eminent atheists discloses how his Socratic commitment to “follow the argument wherever it leads” led him to a belief in God as Creator. This is a compelling and [...]
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