Phil 383 Reading List
(* denotes an article not in our book, indented articles are optional)

Introduction

*Rowe, W. L. “The Idea of God” UDrive


Omnipotence

Aquinas, "From Summa Contra Gentiles"

*Mavrodes, "God's Omnipotence" UDrive

Savage, "The Paradox of the Stone"

 

God & Morality

*Plato, excerpt from Euthyphro UDrive

 Kretzmann, "Abraham, Isaac, and Euthyphro" (pp. 419-424)

 

Omniscience & Freedom

Plantinga, "On Ockham's Way Out"

*Plantinga, Necomb excerpt from "On Ockham's Way Out" UDrive

*Nozick, "Newcomb's Problem…" (excerpt) UDrive

 

Other Puzzles of Omniscience [optional]

*Grim, P. “Against Omniscience: The Case of Essential Indexicals.” JSTOR

*Perry, J. “The Problem of the Essential Indexical.” (first part) JSTOR

*Kretzmann, N. “Omniscience and Immutability.” [Optional] JSTOR

*Castaneda, H. “Omniscience and Indexical Reference.” [Optional] JSTOR

*Torre, S. “De Se Knowledge and the Possibility of an Omniscient Being.” [Optional] UDrive

 *Martin, M. Excerpt from Atheism: A Philosophical Justification. (pp. 286-293). UDrive

 *Stanley, J. & Williamson, T. “Knowing How.” (Section I). link



Pascal’s Wager

Pascal, B. “From Pensees”

Stich, S. “The Recombinant DNA Debate”

*Hajek, A. "Pascal's Wager" Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Schlesinger, C. “A Central Theistic Argument” [Optional]



Clifford & Evidentialism

Clifford, W. “The Ethics of Belief”

Van Inwagen, P. “It is Wrong, Everywhere, Always, and for Anyone, to Believe Anything upon Insufficient Evidence.”

*James, W. “The Will to Believe” [Optional] link

 

Plantinga & Properly Basic Belief

Plantinga, A. “Warranted Belief in God.” (pp. 285-top of 290; pp. 293-296)

*Plantinga, A. “Belief Without Argument.” (p. 225) UDrive

*Martin, M. “Belief Without Argument: A Critique.” (pp. 272-276) UDrive

*Hasker, W. “The Case of the Intellectually Sophisticated Theist.” (pp. 282-284) UDrive

*DeRose, K. “Are Christian Beliefs Properly Basic?”  link

 

Hume & Miracles

Hume, D. “Of Miracles”

More, T. “From A Dialogue Concerning Heresies”

Cover, J. A. “Miracles and Christian Theism” (pp. 341-344) [Optional]

 

Teleological Argument

*Paley, W. “The Watch and the Watchmaker” UDrive

Dawkins, R. “God’s Utility Function”

Schlesinger, G. “From New Perspectives on Old-time Religion”

Monton, B. “God, Fine-Tuning, and the Problem of Old Evidence” [Optional] link

  Hacking, I. "The Inverse Gambler's Fallacy: The Argument from Design." [Optional] link

 McGrath, P. J. "The Inverse Gambler's Fallacy and Cosmology: Reply to Hacking." [Optional] link


Problem of Evil

Al-Ghazali, “From Theodicy in Islamic Thought”

Rowe, W. L. “The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism.”

Gaon, S. “From The Book of Doctrines and Belief”

*Lewis, excerpt from “Evil For Freedom’s Sake?” (pp. 101-109, 119-127) UDrive

Van Inwagen, “The Magnitude, Duration, and Distribution of Evil”