Richard Swinburne

Christian Philosophy in a Modern World

Nicola Mößner, Sebastian Schmoranzer, Christian Weidemann, Nicola Mößner, Sebastian Schmoranzer, Christian Weidemann

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9783110325294
• eBook ISBN:
  9783110326161
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Philosophy History & Theory

Richard Swinburne is one of the most influential contemporary proponents of the analytical philosophy of religion. He is, above all, a traditional theist, i.e. he believes, that there exists an eternal, uncreated and immaterial perfect soul called "God" which is omnipotent, omniscient, perfectly free, morally perfect and the creator and sustainer of the universe. However, his interests are very wide-ranging. He has written on almost every central theological and philosophical issue such as epistemology, metaphysics, theory of mind and ethics. Swinburne is particularly well-known for his perceptive defence of, some would say "time-honoured", others may prefer "old-fashioned", philosophical doctrines. During the "Münstersche Vorlesungen 2007" students and faculty members from Münster entered into a skilful and interesting discussion concerning most of Swinburne's positions.

Table of contents

• CONTENTS
• PREFACE
• LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS OF RICHARDSWINBURNE’S MAJOR WORKS
• THE PROBLEM OF EVIL1Richard Swinburne
• IS SIMPLICITY AN ADEQUATE CRITERIONOF THEORY CHOICE?Julia Göhner, Marie I. Kaiser, Christian Suhm
• SIMPLY FALSE?Swinburne on Simplicity as Evidence of TruthJohannes Korbmacher, Sebastian Schmoranzer, Ansgar Seide
• IS THE PRINCIPLE OF TESTIMONY SIMPLYEPISTEMICALLY FUNDAMENTAL OR SIMPLYNOT?Swinburne on Knowledge by Testimony1Nicola Mößner, Markus Seidel
• HOW TO HECKLE SWINBURNE ON GODAND TIMEBenedikt Paul Göcke, Matthias Hoesch, Peter Rohs
• GOD OR MULTIVERSE?Swinburne on Fine-TuningJennifer Hankeln, Matthias Schleiff, Paul Schöttner, Christian Weidemann
• ON SWINBURNE AND POSSIBLE WORLDSGordon Leonhard, Jan G. Michel, Bernd Prien
• SUBSTANCE DUALISMSUBSTANTIALLY DUELLEDAna Honnacker, Jan G. Michel, Martin W. Richter, Arne M. Weber, Arnold Ziesche
• OMNIPOTENCE, OMNISCIENCE, AND GOD’SRIGHTAnna Brückner, Jana Lührmann, Michael Pohl, Raja Rosenhagen
• JUSTIFICATION BY REVELATION?Problems in Swinburne’s Foundation of Necessary Moral TruthsNorbert Jömann, Rebekka Kammesheidt, Sebastian Laukötter,Sebastian Muders, Thimo Zirpel
• GOD’S GIFT OF LIFEOR:HOW TO LOOK A GIFT-HORSE IN THEMOUTHKatharina König, Andreas Kösters, Sebastian Laukötter,Claus Lüdenbach, Sebastian Muders
• HOMOPHOBIA AND THE LIMITSOF SCIENTIFIC PHILOSOPHYMartin Pleitz
• REPLY TO MY CRITICSRichard Swinburne
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