This paper is a sequel to my ‘Theological Misinterpretations of Current Physical Cosmology’ (Foundations of Physics, vol. 26, [1996] ; revised in Philo, vol.1, no.1, [1998] ). There I argued that the Big Bang models of (classical) general relativity theory as well as the original 1948 versions of the steady state cosmology are each logically incompatible with the time-honored theological doctri...

O n December 20, 2005, John E. Jones III, federal judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, issued a 130-page-long decision (Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District) declaring that ‘‘The overwhelming evidence at trial established that ID [intelligent design] is a religious view, a mere re-labeling of creationism, and not a scientific theory . . . ID is not supported by any peer-reviewed r...

This article engages Luther’s doctrine of Christ’s passive obedience (obedientia passiva)––a theme that comes to fullest expression in his Lectures on Galatians (1531/5). There, Luther argues the sins godless become true possession vicariously suffering Son. In turn, atonement for sake world underwrites a soteriology creature’s renewed humanity which sinner is reoriented outwardly loving servit...

On one classical conception of God, God has no parts, not even metaphysical parts. is composed form and matter, act potency, he existence essence. absolutely simple. This the doctrine Absolute Divine Simplicity (ADS). It claimed that ADS implies a modal collapse, i.e. God’s creation necessary. I argue proper way understanding collapse argument naturally leads proponent to reject particular prem...

My solution to the problem of Dion and Theon (Burke 1994a) employs the doctrine of sortal essentialism.1 Jim Stone (2002) objects to my solution and proposes to weaken the doctrine so as to block my employment of it. Others question a different element of my solution: the maximality of personhood and thinkerhood. After opposing Stone's weakening of sortal essentialism, and responding in a preli...

The deific-decree exception to Washington's M'Naughten insanity standard first appeared in case law a quarter century ago in State v. Crenshaw. A few subsequent cases have attempted to refine the contours of the deific decree; however, the deific-decree doctrine has had only limited utility as a basis for the insanity defense. After about a decade of no activity in this area, the Washington cou...

the exhaustion doctrine refers to one of the limits of intellectual property rights. once a product protected of ip right has been marketed either by the ip right owner or by others whit her consent, the ip right owner cannot prohibit the further commercialization (like the resale) of that product. thus , a critical element in determining that the owner of an ip right has exhausted her/his righ...

Through two chapters, we examine in the first part of this dissertation the governance doctrine in its genesis, conceptualization, diffusion and appropriation in the community of international development. In the first chapter, we discuss the political economy of governance by following its history, conceptualization, ideological and interdisciplinary frameworks in economics and political scien...

China will develop much greater depth and sophistication in its understanding and handling of information warfare techniques and operations. With Indian security becoming increasingly dependent on date processing and network centricity, it will become extremely vulnerable to such information warfare campaigns. India needs to adopt a multidisciplinary approach towards dealing with the emerging c...

According to advocates of internalism about reasons for action, there is an interesting connection between an agent’s reasons and the agent’s present desires. On the simplest version of this view, an agent has a reason to act a certain way at some time if and only if acting that way would promote his present desires. Let us call this the sub-Humean model.1 The sub-Humean model is widely regarde...