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Benjamin Edmund Murphy
Associate Professor, Humanities (Philosophy and Religious Studies)
Florida State University - Panama
Summary
The main focus of my research is to establish the proper role of logic within religious thought.
So, my research involves bringing together two fields - the study of religious thought, and the study of logic.
I believe that any work in philosophy of religion should be grounded in a historical understanding of religions. I also think that the most exciting new tools for the study of religious history are provided by scientific studies of human nature.
In my doctoral thesis, I considered how Michael Dummett's work on realism and anti-realism could be applied to the study of theistic language. Dummett is particularly concerned with the principle of bivalence. I have since become more interested in debates about the principle of non-contradiction, particularly in the work of Graham Priest. Also, any account of the role of logic in religious thinking must be based on some general theory about the role of logic, and I think that Robert Brandom's work provides the most important current contribution to this field.
| Current Institution | Florida State University - Panama |
| Current School | International Programs |
| Department | Humanities |
| Disciplines | |
| Current and Past Advisor(s) | Richard Swinburne |
| Address | Panama Panama Phone: +507 317 0367-230 |
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Education
Oxford
Pembroke
BA, Philosophy and Theology
(Sep 1990 - Jul 1993)
Oxford
Pembroke
M.Phil.,
Philosophical Theology
(Sep 1995 - Jul 1997)
Oxford
Pembroke
D.Phil.,
Theology
(Sep 1997 - Jul 2000)
Work Experience
Associate Professor
Florida State University - Panama
(Sep 2002 - Present)
I teach a wide range of classes in Philosophy and Religious Studies
Achievements
General
Publication Summary
2012 “Why Would Anyone Believe in a Timeless God? Two Types of Theology”, in Yujin
Nagasawa (ed.) Scientific Approaches to the Philosophy of Religion,(Palgrave,
Basingstoke, UK).
2011 Book Reviews: “Neuroscience, Psychology and Religion: Illusions, Delusions and
Reality about Human Nature”; “Paradoxical Life: Meaning, Matter and the Power of
Human Choice” and “Why I Am Not a Scientist: Anthropology and Modern
Knowledge” all in The Heythrop Journal.
2010 “Rationalism and Empiricism: Will The Debate Ever End?”, Think.
2009 “Evolutionary Psychology and the Rationality of Faith”, The Heythrop Journal .
2007 Book Review: “Thought and Reality”, Ars Disputandi,
[http://www.ArsDisputandi.org].
2006 Book Review: “Holy Terror”, Ars Disputandi, [http://www.ArsDisputandi.org].
2005 Book Review: “Faith and Philosophical Analysis: The Impact of Analytical
Philosophy of Religion”, Ars Disputandi, [http://www.ArsDisputandi.org].
“Michael Dummett”, article in The Dictionary of Twentieth Century British
Philosophers, (Thoemmes Press, Bristol, UK).
2003 “Are God’s Hands Tied By Logic?” Ars Disputandi, [http://www.ArsDisputandi.org].
2002 “Michael Dummett”, article in The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
[http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/d/dummett.htm].
“Allegorical Precision: A response to Joseph Pearce on J. R. R Tolkien and
True Myth”, Nicaraguan Academic Journal.
2001 “Evil, Analysis and Narrative”, Nicaraguan Academic Journal.
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