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Inference: Justification and Explanation
Dr. Anna-Sara Malmgren of Stanford University
Friday, April 19, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Old Main 417
The Distinction between Primary and Secondary Qualities in Galileo and Spinoza
Filip Buyse of Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne
Thursday, April 11, 2013
4:00 pm
Old Main 417
Love of Honor, Emulation, and the Devilish Vices in Kant’s Ethics
Dr. Mark Timmons from the University of Arizona, Department of Philosophy
Friday, October 26, 2012
4:00 p.m.
Old Main 325
“No Hell? Considering 10 Objections to Christian Universalism.”
Eric Reitan, author of Is God A Delusion?: A Reply to Religion’s Cultured Despisers, has published over thirty journal articles. He is an active member of the American Philosophical Association and Southwest Philosophical
Christian universalism—the doctrine that God ultimately succeeds in saving all persons—has long been the minority view among Christians. Far more widespread has been the view that some of God’s creatures are eternally lost, either damned to a fate of endless suffering or annihilated. Not long ago the evangelical preacher Rob Bell inspired widespread attention and controversy for even flirting with universalism (a position that, it turns out, he doesn’t actually adopt). But given the dominant Christian view that God is perfectly loving, desires the salvation of all, and is all-powerful, why shouldn’t Christians be universalists? Defenders of the traditional doctrine of eternal hell have given a range of answers—some biblical, some theological or philosophical, some pragmatic. In this lecture, Eric Reitan considers ten of the most common objections to universalism and explains why he finds them unconvincing.
Sponsored by the University of Arkansas Philosophy Department and Religious Studies Department.
Thursday, November 1
7:00 – 9:00 pm
SCEN 403
“A Deontological Theodicy? Swinburne’s Lapse and the Problem of Moral Evil.”
Friday, November 2
4:00 pm
Old Main 417
Dr. Eric Reitan Oklahoma State University Dept. of Philosophy