Biography:Michael C. Rea
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Short description: Analytic philosopher, professor of philosophy
Michael Cannon Rea is an American analytic philosopher and, since 2017, John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy[1] at the University of Notre Dame. He delivered the 2017 Gifford Lecture on divine hiddenness.[2]
Work
In World Without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism, Rea argues that naturalists are not justified in accepting either realism about material objects, or realism about other minds, or materialism.[3]
Bibliography
- 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 books
- 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
References
- ↑ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre (15 May 2017). "Michael Rea named John A. O'Brien Chair of Philosophy // Department of Philosophy // University of Notre Dame" (in en-US). https://philosophy.nd.edu/news/news/michael-rea-named-john-a-obrien-chair-of-philosophy/.
- ↑ "Professors begin research project on transformative experiences // The Observer". 21 September 2015. http://ndsmcobserver.com/2015/09/professors-begin-research-project-transformative-experiences/.
- ↑ Melnyk, Andrew (2004). "Review: World Without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism". Mind 113 (451): 575–581. doi:10.1093/mind/113.451.575.
External links
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| Preceded by Peter van Inwagen |
President of the Society of Christian Philosophers 2013–2016 |
Succeeded by Michael Bergmann |
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