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'''Michael Cannon Rea''' is an American [[analytic philosopher]] and, since 2017, John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://philosophy.nd.edu/news/news/michael-rea-named-john-a-obrien-chair-of-philosophy/|title=Michael Rea named John A. O'Brien Chair of Philosophy // Department of Philosophy // University of Notre Dame|last=Dame|first=Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre|website=Department of Philosophy|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref> at the [[University of Notre Dame]]. He delivered the [[Gifford Lectures|2017 Gifford Lecture]] on divine hiddenness.<ref>http://ndsmcobserver.com/2015/09/professors-begin-research-project-transformative-experiences/</ref> |
'''Michael Cannon Rea''' is an American [[analytic philosopher]] and, since 2017, John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://philosophy.nd.edu/news/news/michael-rea-named-john-a-obrien-chair-of-philosophy/|title=Michael Rea named John A. O'Brien Chair of Philosophy // Department of Philosophy // University of Notre Dame|last=Dame|first=Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre|website=Department of Philosophy|date=15 May 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref> at the [[University of Notre Dame]]. He delivered the [[Gifford Lectures|2017 Gifford Lecture]] on divine hiddenness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ndsmcobserver.com/2015/09/professors-begin-research-project-transformative-experiences/|title = Professors begin research project on transformative experiences // The Observer|date = 21 September 2015}}</ref> |
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== Work == |
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== The argument against naturalism == |
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In ''World Without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism'', Rea argues that naturalists are not justified in accepting either realism about material objects, or realism about other minds, or materialism.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Andrew |last=Melnyk |journal=Mind |volume=113 |issue=451 |year=2004 |pages=575 |
In ''World Without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism'', Rea argues that naturalists are not justified in accepting either realism about material objects, or realism about other minds, or materialism.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Andrew |last=Melnyk |title=Review: World Without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism |journal=Mind |volume=113 |issue=451 |year=2004 |pages=575–581|doi=10.1093/mind/113.451.575 }}</ref> |
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== Rea's understanding of naturalism == |
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According to Rea, naturalism is primarily a research program.<ref>''World Without Design'', p. 73.</ref> By a research program he means a particular set of dispositions to "trust certain ways of acquiring information with respect to various topics and to distrust others".<ref>''World Without Design'', p. 2.</ref> The core of naturalism is, therefore, something attitudinal.<ref>Melnyk 2004, p. 576.</ref> He argues that research programs "cannot be adopted on the basis of evidence".<ref>''World Without Design'', pp. 6-7.</ref> This claim suggests that the naturalist commitment to science is just a secular faith, no better epistemically than standard religion.<ref>Melnyk 2004, 577.</ref> |
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Michael Cannon Rea is an American analytic philosopher and, since 2017, John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy[1] at the University of Notre Dame. He delivered the 2017 Gifford Lecture on divine hiddenness.[2]
Work[edit]
In World Without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism, Rea argues that naturalists are not justified in accepting either realism about material objects, or realism about other minds, or materialism.[3]
Bibliography[edit]
- World Without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Clarendon), 2002
- Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (with Michael Murray). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Metaphysics: The Basics, London: Routledge (under contract)
Edited books[edit]
- Material Constitution: A Reader. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997. ISBN 978-0-8476-8384-0
- Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology, 5th edition (with Louis P. Pojman). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2007. ISBN 978-0-495-09504-0
- Critical Concepts in Philosophy: Metaphysics, 5 vols., London: Routledge, 2008. ISBN 978-0-415-39751-3
- Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology (with Thomas P. Flint). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-928920-2
- Analytic Theology: New Essays in Theological Method (with Oliver D. Crisp). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-920356-7
- Arguing About Metaphysics. New York: Routledge, 2009. ISBN 978-0-415-95825-7
- Philosophical and Theological Essays on the Trinity (with Thomas McCall), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-921621-5
- Oxford Readings in Philosophical Theology, 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-923746-3
- Divine Evil? The Moral Character of the God of Abraham (with Michael Bergmann and Michael Murray). Oxford University Press, under contract. ISBN 978-0-19-957673-9
References[edit]
- ^ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre (15 May 2017). "Michael Rea named John A. O'Brien Chair of Philosophy // Department of Philosophy // University of Notre Dame". Department of Philosophy. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Professors begin research project on transformative experiences // The Observer". 21 September 2015.
- ^ Melnyk, Andrew (2004). "Review: World Without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism". Mind. 113 (451): 575–581. doi:10.1093/mind/113.451.575.
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