Abstract: In this paper, I survey in some depth three issues arising from the connection between imagination and fiction: (i) whether fiction can be defined as such in terms of…
Thought experiments rethought – and reperceived
Abstract: Contemplating imaginary scenarios that evoke certain sorts of quasi?sensory intuitions may bring us to new beliefs about contingent features of the natural world. These beliefs may be produced quasi?observationally;…
A Serious Proposal to the Ladies: Parts I and II
Publisher’s Note: Mary Astell’s A Serious Proposal to the Ladies is one of the most important and neglected works advocating the establishment of women’s academies. Its reception was so controversial that…
Earth’s Epistemic Fruits for Harmony with God: An Islamic Theodicy
…creature’s survival. Among all creatures, human beings are able to have comprehensive knowledge of God and achieve an active harmony with God in all aspects. The earth is a testing…
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…
Shifting Sands: An Interest-Relative Theory of Vagueness
Summary: I propose that the meanings of vague expressions render the truth conditions of utterances of sentences containing them sensitive to our interests. For example, ‘expensive’ is analyzed as meaning…