Charles Taliaferro
Charles Taliaferro | |
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| Born | August 25th, 1952 |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
Main interests | Philosophy of religion, aesthetics, religion, philosophy of mind, ideal observer theory |
Charles Taliaferro (born August 25th, 1952) is an American philosopher specializing in theology and philosophy of religion.
Biography
[edit]Taliaferro received his Ph.D. and M.A. from Brown University, his M.T.S. at Harvard University, a M.A. at University of Rhode Island, and a B.A. from Goddard College.
He is an emeritus professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Faithful Research, and a member of the Royal Institute of Philosophy. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of twenty books, most recently The Image in Mind; Theism, Naturalism and the Imagination, co-authored with the American artist Jil Evans. He has been a visiting scholar or guest lecturer at a large number of universities, including Brown, Cambridge, Notre Dame, Oxford, Princeton, and the University of Chicago.[1][2][3] Since 2013 Taliaferro is editor-in-chief of the journal Open Theology.
Taliaferro has defended substance dualism.[4][5][6]
Selected publications
[edit]- Image in Mind: Theism, Naturalism, and the Imagination (Continuum Studies In Philosophy Of Religion). London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013. With Jil Evans.
- The Golden Cord: A Short Book on the Secular and the Sacred. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press, 2012.
- The Routledge Companion to Theism. New York: Routledge, 2012. Edited, with Victoria Harrison and Stewart Goetz.
- A Brief History of the Soul. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. With Stewart Goetz.
- Turning Images in Philosophy, Science and Religion: A New Book of Nature. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. With Jil Evans.
- Aesthetics: A Beginner's Guide. London: Oneworld Publications, 2011.
- A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2010. Editor, with Elsa Marty.
- A Companion to Philosophy of Religion, 2nd Edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Editor, with Paul Draper and Philip Quinn.
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Philosophical Theology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Editor, with Chad Meister.
- Dialogues about God (New Dialogues in Philosophy). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009.
- Philosophy of Religion: A Beginner's Guide. London: Oneworld Publications, 2009.
- Naturalism (Interventions). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2008. With Steart Goetz.
- Is God Real? (RZIM Critical Questions Discussion Guides). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2007. With William Lane Craig.
- Love, Love, Love: And Other Essays. Lanham, MD: Cowley Publications, 2006.
- Evidence and Faith: Philosophy and Religion since the Seventeenth Century. (The Evolution of Modern Philosophy). New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Cambridge Platonist Spirituality. (Classics of Western Spirituality). Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2004. With Alison Tepley and Jaroslav Pelikan.
- Praying with C.S. Lewis (Companions for the Journey). Frederick, MN: Word Among Us Press, 2004.
- Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. Editor, with Paul Griffiths.
- Contemporary Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction. (Contemporary Philosophy) Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 1998.
- Consciousness and the Mind of God. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
References
[edit]- ^ "Charles Taliaferro". Bethel College. Archived from the original on 2013-11-29. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
- ^ "Charles Taliaferro". Evangelical Philosophical Society. Archived from the original on 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
- ^ "Charles Taliaferro". The Independent Institute. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
- ^ Givens, Terryl L. (2012). "Reviewed Work: A Brief History of the Soul by Stewart Goetz, Charles Taliaferro". Church History. 81 (3): 656–658. JSTOR 23252345.
- ^ Taliaferro, Charles (2021). "Are We Embodied Souls?". Roczniki Filozoficzne. 69 (1): 83–88. JSTOR 27031918.
- ^ Mousavirad, Seyyed Jaaber; Philosophy Documentation Center (2023). "Coherence of Substance Dualism". International Philosophical Quarterly. 63 (1): 41–42. doi:10.5840/ipq20231114214. ISSN 0019-0365. S2CID 265269649.
