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Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 8: Problems with the “Break their Legs” Objection

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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 Seriousness of 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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