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Faith, Reason And Politics, Brendan Sweetman
Faith, Reason And Politics, Brendan Sweetman
Conference on Philosophy and Theology
Contemporary pluralism is best represented as a set of rival worldviews. Secularism and religion represent the dominant worldviews in our society. But moves to exclude religious views because they are based on faith are misguided since political philosophies also, and unavoidably, depend on "faith".
Reformed Epistemology, Clairvoyance, And The Role Of Evidence, Andrew Moon
Reformed Epistemology, Clairvoyance, And The Role Of Evidence, Andrew Moon
Conference on Philosophy and Theology
Reformed epidemiologists like Alvin Plantinga and William Alston are well known for their view that one can rationally believe that God exists without believing on the basis of any evidence - scientific, philosophical, or otherwise. I defend reformed epistemology from objections (including one having to do with clairvoyance), and I develop a view about the role that evidence should play in the rationality of theistic belief.
Delineating The Boundaries For Religious Speech In Public Discourse In Kierkegaard And Habermas, Michael Carper
Delineating The Boundaries For Religious Speech In Public Discourse In Kierkegaard And Habermas, Michael Carper
Conference on Philosophy and Theology
How is it that one of the most famous Christian thinkers - Soren Kierkegaard -- and one of the most famous contemporary secular thinkers -- Jurgen Habermas - both agree: the religious has nothing to say in the public realm of social, ethical discourse.
Embodied Religion And Liberal Society: The Obstacle Of De Facto Established Religion, Kevin Carnahan
Embodied Religion And Liberal Society: The Obstacle Of De Facto Established Religion, Kevin Carnahan
Conference on Philosophy and Theology
Recent scholarship suggests that religion should be conceived in terms of embodied social practices as much as (if not more than) a set of systematic beliefs. Such accounts of religion, I will argue, raise problems that have not been adequately treated in current discussion of the role of religion in liberal society.