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God or Blind Nature? Philosophers Debate the Evidence


(2007-2008)

Edited and with Introductions by Paul Draper

General Introduction and Acknowledgements

Section One: Mind and Will

Introduction to Section One

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

Introduction to Section Two

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

Introduction to Section Three

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

Introduction to Section Four

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
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