Interview with Alvin Plantinga on Where the Conflict Really Lies

by Paul Pardi 13. December 2011 17:34
This month, Dr. Plantinga has released a new book taking on the claim that religion and science are incompatible. His book, Where the Conflict Really Lies, is sure to generate a lot of discussion and be the subject of much debate. I was fortunate to spend some time with him recently and talked about his book and how he thinks about this supposed conflict.
This month, Dr. Plantinga has released a new book taking on the claim that religion and science are incompatible. His book, Where the Conflict Really Lies, is sure to generate a lot of discussion and be the subject of much debate. I was fortunate to spend some time with him recently and talked about his book and how he thinks about this supposed conflict. [More]

Plantinga and the Debate Between Science and Religion

by Paul Pardi 11. December 2011 13:47
This podcast is a recording that was made in August of 2007 at Rainier Beach Presbyterian Church in Seattle Washington. The speaker is Dr. Alvin Plantinga and the title of the talk is
“Religion and Science: Why does the Debate Continue?” This 2007 lecture is of particular interest because this month Dr. Plantinga has released a new book taking on the claim that religion and science are incompatible. His book, Where the Conflict Really Lies, is sure to generate a lot of discussion and be the subject of much debate. [More]

Article on The New Atheism on the Huffington Post

by Paul Pardi 18. February 2011 20:51
I just published my second article on The Huffington Post. In this article, I take a brief look at whether the New Atheist movement really deserves the adjective “new.” I argue that it does but not for the reasons you might think. The general consensus on the part of professional philosophers on... [More]

Precis on Darwin’s Dangerous Idea chapter 5

by Paul Pardi 4. June 2010 01:25
Chapter 5 of Dennett’s book lays out the case for a naturalized understanding of evolutionary design. How could an unguided process produce the enormous complexity of biological life we find on earth? Dennett first expands a straightforward notion of possibility into 4 separate ways possibility ... [More]

Series on Dennett’s Darwin’s Dangerous Idea

by Paul Pardi 29. May 2010 02:46
One of the more substantial challenges facing natural selection as a comprehensive explanatory model in biology is in understanding the mechanism behind the model. Daniel Dennett attempts to do just that in Darwin’s Dangerous Idea. Providing a comprehensive philosophical foundation for the mechanics... [More]

Dennett's Content and Consciousness Republished in Paper and E-book

by Paul Pardi 27. May 2010 15:20
Annoucement about Content and Consciousness in paper
Annoucement about Content and Consciousness in paper [More]

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