Department of Philosophy
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Paul Draper
Professor, Philosophy
| Education: | PhD, University of California, Irvine |
| Office: | BRNG 7127 |
| Office Phone: | (765) 49-69492 |
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| Specializations: | Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Science |
Selected Publications
Articles
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“Probabilistic Arguments for Multiple Universes” (with Kai Draper and Joel Pust), Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 88.3 (2007): 288-307.
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“Cosmic Fine-Tuning and Terrestrial Suffering: Parallel Problems for Naturalism and Theism,” American Philosophical Quarterly 41.4 (2004): 311-321.
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“Irreducible Complexity and Darwinian Gradualism: A Reply to Michael J. Behe,” Faith and Philosophy 22 (2002): 3-21.
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“God and Perceptual Evidence,” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 32 (1992): 149-165.
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“Hume’s Reproduction Parody of the Design Argument,” History of Philosophy Quarterly 8 (1991): 135-148.
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“Pain and Pleasure: An Evidential Problem for Theists,” Nous 23 (1989): 331-350.
Book Chapters
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“The Problem of Evil,” in The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology, ed. Thomas P. Flint and Michael Rea (Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 332-351.
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“God, Science, and Naturalism,” in The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Religion, ed. William J. Wainwright, Oxford Reference Library of Philosophy, ed. Paul K. Moser (Oxford University Press, 2005), pp. 272-303.
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"The Skeptical Theist,” in The Evidential Argument from Evil, ed. Daniel Howard-Snyder (Indiana University Press, 1996), pp. 175-192.
Edited Book
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God or Blind Nature? Philosophers Debate the Evidence, The Secular Web, 2008.
Professional Service
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Editor, Philo: A Journal of Philosophy, 2007-
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President, Society for Philosophy of Religion, 2008-2009.
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2009 SPR Presidential address (audio mp3)
Work in Progress
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Monograph: The Evidential Problem of Evil.
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Edited collection: A Companion to Philosophy of Religion (with Charles Taliaferro), 2nd edition, Blackwell Publishers.
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Several papers defending or applying a new theory of intrinsic probability.