Summary: In this article Hesse defends the idea that scientific theories are hypothetico-deductive in form. She examines this hypothetico-deductive method by considering some examples from nineteenth-century mathematical physics. By means…
Wide Content
Summary: The author presents an overview of the main argument in favour and against content externalism, namely, roughly put, the thesis that the content of our thought is partly individuated…
Ontic Structural Realism
…claimed naturalistic credentials consist in is hard to precisify as well. Nor is it clear that the position is actually supported by our most fundamental physical theories. What is clear,…
Faith and Steadfastness in the face of Counter-Evidence
…aspect of faith and why faith is not only rational, but in addition serves an important purpose in human life. Because faith requires maintaining a commitment to act on the…
Ontological Arguments for God’s Existence
Summary: A clear introduction to the Ontological Argument for God’s existence, and different versions of it….
Teleological and Design Arguments
Summary: This chapter takes you through the history of teleological arguments and an analysis of them: beginning with traditional teleological arguments and their origins, and moving to discuss modern day…
The Experiential Problem of Petitionary Prayer
…to endorse such an account due to wanting to respect widespread intuitions about this feature of petitionary prayer, they should also be motivated to endorse an account of prayer that…
Many-One Identity and the Trinity
…so happens, some metaphysicians claim exactly that. They accept Composition as Identity: each fusion is identical to the plurality of its parts. I evaluate Composition as Identity’s application to the…
Agency Incompatibilism and Divine Agency
…determination of at least some divine actions by the True and the Good. I attempt to develop such an argument and then consider how to respond to it from the…
Religion on the Cheap
Introduction: The project of this chapter is to address this question: is it sensible to live a life that involves religious practices and experiences and involvement in religious community within…