222 Pages
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Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this timely study, Dawes defends the methodological naturalism of the sciences. Though religions offer what appear to be explanations of various facts about the world, the scientist, as scientist, will not take such proposed explanations seriously. Even if no natural explanation were available, she will assume that one exists. Is this merely a sign of atheistic prejudice, as some critics... Read more
1. Against Religious Explanations 2. On Explanations in General 3. What are Theistic Explanations? 4. What Would They Explain? 5. Potential Theistic Explanations 6. Inference to the Best Explanation 7. Successful Theistic Explanations Appendix: Intentional Explanations
Biography
Gregory W. Dawes is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Otago. He is the author of The Historical Jesus Question: The Challenge of History to Religious Authority.
Gregory Dawes' Theism and Explanation is a competent, nuanced look at the nature and scope of theistic explanations. Dawes argues that theistic explanations can in principle be good explanations, but he also argues that they have to meet a high bar to count as good explanations. ... The result is an interesting and insightful look at what it takes to be a successful theistic explanation.
-Bradley Monton, University of Colorado at Boulder, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
