Conjunctive Explanations in Science and Religion

Conjunctive Explanations in Science and Religion: An Introduction

Diarmid A. Finnegan, David H. Glass, Mikael Leidenhag and David N. Livingstone

CONVERSATION I Explanation in Science and Religion

1 Conjunctive Explanations: How Science and Religion Can Work Together

David H. Glass

Conjuctive Explanations: A Response

Aku Visala

2 Agents as Difference Makers, or Why Many Human Actions Have Mental Causes

Aku Visala

Agents as Difference Makers: A Response

David H. Glass

CONVERSATION II Designing Darwinism

3 The Telos of Darwin's Troubling Metaphor: Darwin's Pigeons, Dennett's Cranes, Fodor's Granny

David N. Livingstone

The Telos of Darwin's Troubling Metaphor: A Response

E. V. Rope Kojonen

4 Asa Gray vs. Charles Darwin: Evaluating the Darwinian Case against Conjunctive Explanations

E. V. Rope Kojonen

Asa Gray vs. Charles Darwin: A Response

David N. Livingstone

CONVERSATION III Irreducibilities, Material and Mental

5 God, Consciousness and Conjunctive Explanations

Joanna Leidenhag

God, Consciousness and Conjunctive Explanations: A Response

Tom Mcleish

6 Complementary Causation and Emergence: A Substrate for Conjunctive Explanations

Tom Mcleish

Complementary Causation and Emergence: A Response

Joanna Leidenhag

CONVERSATION IV Divine Causes and Mental Beliefs

7 A Conjunctive Explanation About Psychopathology? Hearing Voices, Psychosis and Religious Experience

Anastasia Philippa Scrutton

A Conjunctive Explanation about Psychopathology? A Response

Andrew Torrance

8 A Conjunctive Explanation of the Mental Phenomenon of Christian Faith

Andrew Torrance

A Conjunctive Explanation of the Mental Phenomenon of Christian Faith: A Response

Anastasia Philippa Scrutton

CONVERSATION V The (Im)possibility of Theological Explanations

9 Are Theological Explanations Superfluous? The Cognitive Science of Religion and Ockham's Razor

Gijsbert Van Den Brink

Are Theological Explanations Superfluous? A Response

David O. Brown

10 A Re-Evaluation of Non-Overlapping Magisteria

David O. Brown

A Re-Evaluation of Non-Overlapping Magisteria: A Response

Gijsbert Van Den Brink

CONVERSATION VI Explanatory Virtues: Theological Explorations

11 John Polkinghorne on Conjunctive Explanation

Stephen N. Williams

John Polkinghorne on Conjunctive Explanation: A Response

Alister Mcgrath

12 An Explanatory Mosaic

Alister Mcgrath

An Explanatory Mosaic: A Response

Stephen N. Williams