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This volume exposes naturalism’s unnaturalness and defends theism’s naturalness and greater explanatory power to account for wide-ranging phenomena in the world and human experience. A broadening of naturalism to accommodate these features means borrowing heavily from—and thus more closely resembling—a theistic worldview.
List of contents
Introduction
Part I: The Unnaturalness of Naturalism?
1. Naturalism and Naturalness: A Naturalist's Perspective -Graham Oppy
Part II: Foundational Considerations
2. Is Naturalism Natural? -Charles Taliaferro
3. The Contraction and Expansion of Naturalism and the Theistic Challenge -Charles Taliaferro
4. Taking Philosophical Naturalism Seriously -R. Scott Smith
Part III: Theistic Belief, Science, and Naturalism
5. In What Sense Might Religion Be Natural? -Justin Barrett and Aku Visala
6. Science, Methodological Naturalism, and Question-Begging -Robert Larmer
Part IV: Axiology and Naturalism
7. Alienating Humanity: How Evolutionary Ethics Undermines Human Rights -Angus Menuge
8. Divine Commands, Duties, and Euthyphro: Theism and Naturalist Misunderstandings -Matthew Flannagan
9. Beauty: A Troubling Reality for the Scientific Naturalist -R. Douglas Geivett and James Spiegel
Part V: Naturalism and Existential Considerations
10. Existential Arguments for Theistic Belief -Clifford Williams
11. Psychological Factors Contributing to Atheism: Bad Father Relationships and Just Bad Relationships as in Autistic Spectrum Disorders -Paul C. Vitz
12. The Cultural Implications of Theism versus Naturalism -Paul Copan and Jeremiah J. Johnston
Part VI: Naturalism, Freedom, and Immortality
13. Theism, Robust Naturalism, and Robust Libertarian Free Will -J.P. Moreland
14. Naturalism, Theism, and Afterlife Beliefs -Jonathan Loose
About the author
Paul Copan is professor and Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University.Charles Taliaferro is professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College.Charles Taliaferro is professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College.Paul Copan is professor and Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University.
Summary
This volume exposes naturalism’s unnaturalness and defends theism’s naturalness and greater explanatory power to account for wide-ranging phenomena in the world and human experience. A broadening of naturalism to accommodate these features means borrowing heavily from—and thus more closely resembling—a theistic worldview.
