Philosopher
Richard Swinburne
Overview
Richard Granville Swinburne (; born 26 December 1934) is an English philosopher. He is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Over the last 50 years, Swinburne has been a proponent of philosophical arguments for the existence of God. His philosophical contributions are primarily in the philosophy of religion and philosophy of science. He aroused much discussion with his early work in the philosophy of religion, a trilogy of books consisting of The Coherence of Theism, The Existence of God, and Faith and Reason. He has been influential in reviving substance dualism as an option in philosophy of mind.
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Philosophers who discussed Richard Swinburne
- Antony Flew
- Keith Ward
- Brian Leftow
- Kelly James Clark
- Colin Howson
- Richard Carrier
- Brian Davies (philosopher)
- Paul Draper (philosopher)
Ideas Richard Swinburne discusses
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Jesus
- Mind–body problem
- Philosophy
- Western philosophy
- Bachelor of Arts
- Analytic philosophy
- Mind–body dualism
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Metaphysics
- Charterhouse School
- University of Aberdeen
- Thomas Aquinas
- Oxford
- Philosophy of religion
- J. L. Austin
- René Descartes
- British Academy
- Resurrection of Jesus
- Soul
- Theism
- University of Oxford
- Modal logic
- Personal identity
Place in the tradition
Part of Analytic philosophy.