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Enduring Questions in Philosophy of Religion: A Response to Neville and Godlove

Enduring Questions in Philosophy of Religion: A Response to Neville and Godlove nancy frankenberry / dartmouth college Throw away the lights, the definitions, And say of what you see in the dark, That it is this, or that it is that, but do not use the rotted names. --Wallace Stevens ne could not ask for two more rigorous readers than robert neville and Terry godlove, both brilliant scholars in their own right. i am very honored by the attention they have given to my work, and challenged by their various proposals to relieve me of my errors. my reply to their searching questions will consider seven topics, which i will take up in the form of further questions. each topic has proven to be fairly enduring in the modern philosophy of religion. in conclusion, i will briefly consider the topic of the future of philosophy of religion. I. Why Is There Something, and Not Nothing? neville thinks contingency does not go all the way down like the tortoises in the fable about what holds the world up. (There's another version that uses elephants rather than tortoises, but i am reluctant to invoke that slow-moving symbol of the republican Party.) unlike me, he is able to locate a rational floor, a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Theology & Philosophy University of Illinois Press

Enduring Questions in Philosophy of Religion: A Response to Neville and Godlove

American Journal of Theology & Philosophy , Volume 37 (1) – May 27, 2016
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nancy frankenberry / dartmouth college Throw away the lights, the definitions, And say of what you see in the dark, That it is this, or that it is that, but do not use the rotted names. --Wallace Stevens ne could not ask for two more rigorous readers than robert neville and Terry godlove, both brilliant scholars in their own right. i am very honored by the attention they have given to my work, and challenged by their various proposals to relieve me of my errors. my reply to their searching questions will consider seven topics, which i will take up in the form of further questions. each topic has proven to be fairly enduring in the modern philosophy of religion. in conclusion, i will briefly consider the topic of the future of philosophy of religion. I. Why Is There Something, and Not Nothing? neville thinks contingency does not go all the way down like the tortoises in the fable about what holds the world up. (There's another version that uses elephants rather than tortoises, but i am reluctant to invoke that slow-moving symbol of the republican Party.) unlike me, he is able to locate a rational floor, a

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Published: May 27, 2016

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