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    Richard Granville Swinburne (IPA /ˈswɪnbɜːrn/) FBA (born 26 December 1934) is an English philosopher. He is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the...
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  • simplicity be considered in evaluating the plausibility of hypotheses?'" Richard Swinburne argues for simplicity on logical grounds: ... the simplest hypothesis...
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  • The best-known contemporary defender of the aesthetic argument is Richard Swinburne. The argument from beauty has two aspects. The first is connected...
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  • Existence of God is a 1979 book by British philosopher of religion Richard Swinburne, claiming the existence of the Abrahamic God on rational grounds....
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    humans, as it presents genuine moral choices. British philosopher Richard Swinburne proposed that, to make a free moral choice, humans must have experience...
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  • experienced directly. In his book Faith and Reason, the philosopher Richard Swinburne formulated five categories into which all religious experiences fall:...
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  • defended theism include Alvin Plantinga, Yujin Nagasawa, John Hick, Richard Swinburne, and William Lane Craig, while those who defended atheism include...
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  • Is There a God? is a 1996 book by British philosopher of religion Richard Swinburne, claiming the existence of the Abrahamic God. The argument rests on...
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  • Swinburne or Swinburn is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include the following: Sir Richard Swinburn (1937–2017), British Lieutenant...
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    substance dualism has many advocates in contemporary philosophy such as Richard Swinburne, William Hasker, J. P. Morland, E. J. Low, Charles Taliaferro, Seyyed...
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    (the view held by René Descartes, Isaac Newton, Alvin Plantinga, Richard Swinburne, William Lane Craig, and most modern evangelicals) argue that God...
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    The Swinburne University of Technology (or simply Swinburne) is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia. It is the modern descendant of the...
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    Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He wrote many plays - all tragedies -...
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    full-fledged agent". Christian philosophers and theologians such as Richard Swinburne and N. T. Wright also define evil in terms of effect, stating that...
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  • concept, and criticized by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, J. L. Mackie, and Richard Swinburne, among others. Metaphysical necessity is contrasted with other types...
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  • Alasdair MacIntyre Derek Parfit Gilbert Ryle John Searle P. F. Strawson Richard Swinburne Charles Taylor Bernard Williams Timothy Williamson Logical positivists...
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  • defenders of the teleological argument are mainly Christians, for example Richard Swinburne and John Lennox. The argument from intelligent design appears to have...
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  • Molinism See also Divine Providence versus the concept of Fate see e.g. Richard Swinburne Does God Exist? of The Catechism of the Catholic Church see e.g. John...
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  • can be genuinely known.: 15–18  Skeptical theism is criticized by Richard Swinburne on the basis that the appearance of some evils having no possible...
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  • evidence for their claims about ultimate reality. Philosophers such as Richard Swinburne and William Alston have compared religious experiences to everyday...
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    basic physics that governs the universe. Philosopher and theologian Richard Swinburne reaches the design conclusion using Bayesian probability. Scientist...
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    those who cannot believe, suggests feigning belief to gain eternal reward. Richard Dawkins argues that this would be dishonest and immoral and that, in addition...
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    Michael Rea, Brian Leftow, Richard Swinburne 245 11 "What is the Incarnation: A Philosophical Inquiry" Richard Swinburne, Ian McFarland. Timothy Pawl...
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  • Eleonore Stump, and others—developed an analytic approach to Thomism. Richard Swinburne wrote a trilogy of books, arguing for God, consisting of The Coherence...
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  • his existence, and thus it is a safer "bet" to choose God. According to Richard Dawkins, a distinction between agnosticism and atheism is unwieldy and...
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    who have used Bayes' Theorem, Carrier and Richard Swinburne, and noted the irony of the fact that Swinburne used it to prove Jesus was raised from the...
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    of religion who embrace this horn of the Euthyphro dilemma include Richard Swinburne and T. J. Mawson (though see below for complications). Sovereignty:...
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  • Dewi Z Phillips Alvin Plantinga Anthony Kenny Nicholas Wolterstorff Richard Swinburne Robert Merrihew Adams Ravi Zacharias Peter van Inwagen Daniel Dennett...
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    Dewi Z Phillips Alvin Plantinga Anthony Kenny Nicholas Wolterstorff Richard Swinburne Robert Merrihew Adams Ravi Zacharias Peter van Inwagen Cornel West...
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    Dewi Z Phillips Alvin Plantinga Anthony Kenny Nicholas Wolterstorff Richard Swinburne Robert Merrihew Adams Ravi Zacharias Peter van Inwagen Cornel West...
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