(2007-2008)
Edited and with Introductions by Paul Draper
General Introduction and Acknowledgements
Section One: Mind and Will
Meet the Authors: Andrew Melnyk, Stewart Goetz, and Charles Taliaferro
Melnyk’s Argument | A Case for Physicalism about the Human Mind |
Goetz & Taliaferro’s Objections | Objections to Melnyk’s Case for Physicalism |
Melnyk’s Reply | Physicalism and the First-Person Point of View |
Goetz & Taliaferro’s Argument | An Argument from Consciousness and Free Will |
Melnyk’s Objections | Naturalism, Free Choices, and Conscious Experiences |
Goetz & Taliaferro’s Reply | Reply to Melnyk’s Objections |
Section Two: Evil and Evolution
Meet the Authors: Paul Draper and Alvin Plantinga
Draper’s Argument | Natural Selection and the Problem of Evil |
Plantinga’s Objections | Objections to Draper’s Argument from Evil |
Draper’s Reply | On the Plausibility of Naturalism and the Seriousnessof Arguments from Evil |
Plantinga’s Argument | Naturalism vs. Evolution: A Religion/Science Conflict? |
Draper’s Objections | In Defense of Sensible Naturalism |
Plantinga’s Reply | Against “Sensible” Naturalism |
Section Three: Science and the Cosmos
Meet the Authors: Quentin Smith, Paul Draper, and Robin Collins
Smith’s Argument | A Cosmological Argument for a Self-Caused Universe |
Collins’ Objections | Objections to Smith’s Cosmological Argument |
Draper & Smith’s Reply | Collins on Cannons and Cosmology |
Collins’ Argument | The Case for Cosmic Design |
Draper’s Objections | Collins’ Case for Cosmic Design |
Collins’ Reply | Clarifying the Case for Cosmic Design |
Section Four: Faith and Uncertainty
Meet the Authors: John Schellenberg and Jeffrey Jordan
Schellenberg’s Argument | What Divine Hiddenness Reveals, or How Weak Theistic Evidence is Strong Atheistic Proof |
Jordan’s Objections | The Sounds of Silence: Why the Divine Hiddenness Argument Fails |
Schellenberg’s Reply | The Sounds of Silence Stilled: A Reply to Jordan on Hiddenness |
Jordan’s Argument | Theistic Belief and Religious Uncertainty |
Schellenberg’s Objections | Jordan’s Jamesian Wager |
Jordan’s Reply | On Joining the Ranks of the Faithful |