Darwinism seems to occupy a special place at the intersection of science, philosophy, and religion. One result is that evolution gets featured in controversies as different as those over theism versus materialism and nature versus nurture, to mention just two. In America, any discussion of evolution typically turns to the subject of creationism, the idea that an intelligent agent played a part ...

Alvin Plantinga (1993a, 1993b, 2000) argues that de jure objections to theism depend on facto objections: in order say belief God is not warranted, one should first assume this false. Assuming Plantinga’s epistemology and his facto/de distinction, In essay, I argue show miracles must suppose always Therefore, a person who holds skeptical position regarding choose either find evidence all of the...

Abstract Recently, in response to an article of mine, Joseph C. Schmid has argued that some traditional theistic arguments for God's unicity are problematic they presuppose a controversial principle and conflict with Trinitarian theology. In this article, I answer Schmid's concerns. defend one the original while advancing new ones, vindicate my abductive argument theism over naturalism.

modern scientific cosmology, having grounded itself in materialism, rebuts any theocentric explanation of the world as unnecessary and irrational. stephan hawking, being a prominent figure in this field, seeks to demonstrate that the world has come to existence by chance or necessity through an antitheistic argument based on big bang theory. regarding the metaphysical dimensions of the discours...

In this article, I seek to assess the extent which Theism, claim that there is a God, can provide true fundamental explanation for existence of certain entities within layered structure reality. More precisely, assume cogency Swinburne’s explanatory framework and resituate it new philosophical context-that field contemporary metaphysics-which will enable me develop non-fundamental fill up vario...