Blogs Posts on "Philosophy Of Religion"

“My Ways are Not Your Ways” Notre Dame Conference by MandM on Nov 9, 2009In September this year, the centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame hosted a conference entitled “My Ways Are Not Your Ways”; the proceedings of the conference can be seen at the previous link and is a good resource. The...

Audi and the Infallibility of Religious Reasons by MandM on Nov 6, 2009In “Liberal Democracy and the Place of Religion in Politics”,[1] Robert Audi defends the liberal thesis that religious reasons should not be utilised in debate on issues of public policy. Instead he contends that “one should not advocate or sup...

BOOKS: ‘Atheist Delusions’ reviewed by Religion Compass Exchanges on Sep 23, 2009Hart, David Bentley, Atheist Delusions, Yale University Press, London / New Haven, CT £19.99 Hardback: ISBN 978-0-300-11190-3 Review by Matthew Feldman, University of Northampton The battle has finally been joined. For Atheist Delusions is the fron...

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Infantile Religious Morality by MandM on Sep 23, 2009In “Why Traditional Theism Cannot Provide an Adequate Foundation for Morality” Walter Sinnott Armstrong criticises William Lane Craig’s contention that theism, if true, provides an adequate foundation for morality. Armstrong contends that Craig...

Darwinian Evolution, God and Ockham’s Razor by MandM on Sep 10, 2009In a previous post, Darwinian Evolution, Chance and Design, I argued that the contention that Darwinian evolution occurs by chance does not entail that it shows the world was not designed. Once one sees how the concept of chance is defined in evoluti...

Darwinian Evolution, God and Ockham’s Razor by MandM on Sep 10, 2009In a previous post, Darwinian Evolution, Chance and Design, I argued that the contention that Darwinian evolution occurs by chance does not entail that it shows the world was not designed. Once one sees how the concept of chance is defined in evoluti...

Darwinian Evolution, God and Ockham’s Razor by MandM on Sep 10, 2009In a previous post, Darwinian Evolution, Chance and Design, I argued that the contention that Darwinian evolution occurs by chance does not entail that it shows the world was not designed. Once one sees how the concept of chance is defined in evoluti...

Darwinian Evolution, God and Ockham’s Razor by MandM on Sep 10, 2009In a previous post, Darwinian Evolution, Chance and Design, I argued that the contention that Darwinian evolution occurs by chance does not entail that it shows the world was not designed. Once one sees how the concept of chance is defined in evoluti...

Recyling: Rawls on Religion and Public Life by MandM on Sep 8, 2009A common theme appeared in the comments section of my Investigate Magazine article, Contra Mundum: What’s Wrong with Imposing your Beliefs onto Others? Commenters suggested I had not addressed the standard liberal conception of the role of religion...

Recyling: Rawls on Religion and Public Life by MandM on Sep 8, 2009A common theme appeared in the comments section of my Investigate Magazine article, Contra Mundum: What’s Wrong with Imposing your Beliefs onto Others? Commenters suggested I had not addressed the standard liberal conception of the role of religion...