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Michael C. Rea

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The argument against naturalism
Rea's understanding of naturalism
Works
Edited works
External links
References

{{Redirect|Michael Rea|the Irish cricketer|Michael Rea (cricketer)}}{{BLP primary sources|date=November 2010}}Michael C. Rea is an analytic philosopher and, since 2017, John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy^[1] at the University of Notre Dame. He specializes in metaphysics and philosophy of religion and has competence in epistemology and applied ethics as well.^[2] He is currently writing a book on divine hiddenness, in which he appeals to quantifier pluralism and argues that God cannot be quantified over by humans (although God can quantify over Himself). Also, he is scheduled to give the 2017 Gifford Lectures, where he will also talk about divine hiddenness.^[3]

The argument against naturalism

Michael Rea argues that naturalists are not justified in accepting either realism about material objects, or realism about other minds, or materialism.^[4] This constitutes a pragmatic case against being a naturalist. These problems can be avoided by the adoption of a supernaturalist research program that "legitimates belief in some sort of supernatural being".^[5]

Rea's understanding of naturalism

According to Rea, naturalism is primarily a research program.^[6] 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".^[7] The core of naturalism is, therefore, something attitudinal.^[8] He argues that research programs "cannot be adopted on the basis of evidence".^[9] This claim suggests that the naturalist commitment to science is just a secular faith, no better epistemically than standard religion.^[10]

Works

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 works

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}}

External links

Michael Rea Official Website

References

1. ^{{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}}
2. ^http://www.nd.edu/~mrea/
3. ^http://ndsmcobserver.com/2015/09/professors-begin-research-project-transformative-experiences/
4. ^Michael C. Rea, World Without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism, Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 8. Discussed in a Book Review by Andrew Melnyk in Mind, Volume 113, Number 451, July 2004, pp. 575-581.
5. ^World Without Design, p. 213-214. Melnyk 2004, p. 575-576.
6. ^World Without Design, p. 73.
7. ^World Without Design, p. 2.
8. ^Melnyk 2004, p. 576.
9. ^World Without Design, pp. 6-7.
10. ^Melnyk 2004, 577.

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