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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Dennett, Daniel Clement. Science and religion. New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 (OCoLC)764526232 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
D C Dennett; Alvin Plantinga |
ISBN: | 9780199738427 0199738424 |
OCLC Number: | 642352156 |
Description: | viii, 82 pages ; 21 cm |
Contents: | Science and religion: where the conflict really lies / Alvin Plantinga -- Truths that miss their mark: naturalism unscathed / Daniel C. Dennett -- Superman vs. God? / Alvin Plantinga -- Habits of imagination and their effect on incredulity : reply to Plantinga (essay 2) / Daniel C. Dennett -- Naturalism against science / Alvin Plantinga -- No miracles needed / Daniel C. Dennett. |
Series Title: | Point/counterpoint series (Oxford, England) |
Responsibility: | Daniel C. Dennett, Alvin Plantinga. |
Abstract:
An enlightening discussion that will motivate students to think critically, the book opens with Plantinga's assertion that Christianity is compatible with evolutionary theory because Christians believe that God created the living world, and it is entirely possible that God did so by using a process of evolution.
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an excellent book which takes two of the top living philosophers going head-to-head over one of the most controversial (hence, interesting) subjects in Western culture. * Jim Slagle, Metascience * an interesting exchange on a very timely topic, and one which gives readers a good illustration of how this debate is often conducted today, especially from the atheistic side. * Brendan Sweetman, Philosophy in Review * Read more...

