The Naturalness of Belief (eBook, PDF)

New Essays on Theism's Rationality
Redaktion: Copan, Paul; Taliaferro, Charles

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Despite its name, "naturalism" as a world-view turns out to be rather unnatural in its strict and more consistent form of materialism and determinism. This is why a number of naturalists opt for a broadened version that includes objective moral values, intrinsic human dignity, consciousness, beauty, personal agency, and the like. But in doing so, broad naturalism begins to look more like theism. As many strict naturalists recognize, broad naturalism must borrow from the metaphysical resources of a theistic world-view, in which such features are very natural, common sensical, and quite "at home" in a theistic framework. The Naturalness of Belief begins with a naturalistic philosopher's own perspective of naturalism and naturalness. The remaining chapters take a multifaceted approach in showing theism's naturalness and greater explanatory power. They examine not only rational reasons for theism's ability to account for consciousness, intentionality, beauty, human dignity, free will, rationality, and knowledge; they also look at common sensical, existential, psychological, and cultural reasons-in addition to the insights of the cognitive science of religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978750869
• Artikelnr.: 74397336

Autorenporträt

Paul Copan is professor and Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Charles Taliaferro is professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: The Unnaturalness of Naturalism?
1. Naturalism and Naturalness: A Naturalist's Perspective -Graham Oppy
Part II: Foundational Considerations
2. Is Naturalism Natural? -Charles Taliaferro
3. The Contraction and Expansion of Naturalism and the Theistic Challenge
-Charles Taliaferro
4. Taking Philosophical Naturalism Seriously -R. Scott Smith
Part III: Theistic Belief, Science, and Naturalism
5. In What Sense Might Religion Be Natural? -Justin Barrett and Aku Visala
6. Science, Methodological Naturalism, and Question-Begging -Robert Larmer
Part IV: Axiology and Naturalism
7. Alienating Humanity: How Evolutionary Ethics Undermines Human Rights
-Angus Menuge
8. Divine Commands, Duties, and Euthyphro: Theism and Naturalist
Misunderstandings -Matthew Flannagan
9. Beauty: A Troubling Reality for the Scientific Naturalist -R. Douglas
Geivett and James Spiegel
Part V: Naturalism and Existential Considerations
10. Existential Arguments for Theistic Belief -Clifford Williams
11. Psychological Factors Contributing to Atheism: Bad Father Relationships
and Just Bad Relationships as in Autistic Spectrum Disorders -Paul C. Vitz
12. The Cultural Implications of Theism versus Naturalism -Paul Copan and
Jeremiah J. Johnston
Part VI: Naturalism, Freedom, and Immortality
13. Theism, Robust Naturalism, and Robust Libertarian Free Will -J.P.
Moreland
14. Naturalism, Theism, and Afterlife Beliefs -Jonathan Loose