Yujin Nagasawa
Biographic Data
| ID | 1490394 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yujin Nagasawa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yujin |
| FAMILY NAME | Nagasawa |
| SIGNATURE | NAGASAWA Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9907-7205 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reversing the problem of evil
The 2024 Big Question Short Essay Competition
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Afterlife
This unique Handbook provides a sophisticated, scholarly overview of the most advanced thought regarding the idea of life after death. Its comprehensive coverage encompasses historical, religious, phi
The Palgrave Handbook of the Afterlife
xiii, 458 pages ; 24 cm
Consciousness in the physical world: Perspectives on Russellian monism
Contents Editors' Introduction Torin Alter and Yujin Nagasawa Part I: Precursors Chapter 1: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, excerpt from Monadology and letter to DeVolder Chapter 2: Immanuel Kant, excerpt from Critique of Pure Reason Chapter 3: William James, excerpt from Principles of Psychology Chapter 4: Bertrand excerpts from Analysis of Matter (1927), Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits (1948), Portraits from Memory (1956), and My Philosoph…
Anselmian Theism
In this article, I discuss Anselmian theism, which is arguably the most widely accepted form of monotheism. First, I introduce the core theses of Anselmian theism and consider its historical and developmental origins. I contend that, despite its name, Anselmian theism might well be older than Anselm. I also claim, supporting my argument by reference to research in the cognitive science of religion, that, contrary to what many think, Anselmian the…
The Ontological Argument and the Devil
The ‘parody objection’ to the ontological argument for the existence of God advances parallel arguments apparently proving the existence of various absurd entities. I discuss recent versions of the parody objection concerning the existence of ‘AntiGod’ and the devil, as introduced by Peter Millican and Timothy Chambers. I argue that the parody objection always fails, because any parody is either (i) not structurally parallel to the ontological ar…
A New Defence of Anselmian Theism
Anselmian theists, for whom God is the being than which no greater can be thought, usually infer that he is an omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent being. Critics have attacked these claims by numerous distinct arguments, such as the paradox of the stone, the argument from God's inability to sin, and the argument from evil. Anselmian theists have responded to these arguments by constructing an independent response to each. This way of defend…
The grounds of worship again: A reply to Crowe
In this paper we respond to Benjamin Crowe's criticisms in this issue of our discussion of the grounds of worship. We clarify our previous position, and examine Crowe's account of what it is about God's nature that might ground our obligation to worship Him. We find Crowe's proposals no more persuasive than the accounts that we examined in our previous paper, and conclude that theists still owe us an account of what it is in virtue of which we ha…
The grounds of worship
Although worship has a pivotal place in religious thought and practice, philosophers of religion have had remarkably little to say about it. In this paper we examine some of the many questions surrounding the notion of worship, focusing on the claim that human beings have obligations to worship God. We explore a number of attempts to ground our supposed duty to worship God, and argue that each is problematic. We conclude by examining the implicat…
The Knowledge Argument Against Dualism
Paul Churchland argues that Frank Jackson's Knowledge Argument against physicalism is so strong that if it defeated physicalism it would, at the same time, defeat ‘substance dualism’. The purpose of this paper is to articulate this ‘parity of reasons’ objection. In the first part of the paper, I discuss Churchland's argument. I demonstrate that although his formulation of the objection is not wholly satisfactory, it may be revised so that the Kno…
A New Defence of Anselmian Theism
Anselmian theists, for whom God is the being than which no greater can be thought, usually infer that he is an omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent being. Critics have attacked these claims by numerous distinct arguments, such as the paradox of the stone, the argument from God's inability to sin, and the argument from evil. Anselmian theists have responded to these arguments by constructing an independent response to each. This way of defend…
The Knowledge Argument Against Dualism
Paul Churchland argues that Frank Jackson's Knowledge Argument against physicalism is so strong that if it defeated physicalism it would, at the same time, defeat ‘substance dualism’. The purpose of this paper is to articulate this ‘parity of reasons’ objection. In the first part of the paper, I discuss Churchland's argument. I demonstrate that although his formulation of the objection is not wholly satisfactory, it may be revised so that the Kno…
The grounds of worship
Although worship has a pivotal place in religious thought and practice, philosophers of religion have had remarkably little to say about it. In this paper we examine some of the many questions surrounding the notion of worship, focusing on the claim that human beings have obligations to worship God. We explore a number of attempts to ground our supposed duty to worship God, and argue that each is problematic. We conclude by examining the implicat…
The grounds of worship again: A reply to Crowe
In this paper we respond to Benjamin Crowe's criticisms in this issue of our discussion of the grounds of worship. We clarify our previous position, and examine Crowe's account of what it is about God's nature that might ground our obligation to worship Him. We find Crowe's proposals no more persuasive than the accounts that we examined in our previous paper, and conclude that theists still owe us an account of what it is in virtue of which we ha…
A New Defence of Anselmian Theism
Anselmian theists, for whom God is the being than which no greater can be thought, usually infer that he is an omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent being. Critics have attacked these claims by numerous distinct arguments, such as the paradox of the stone, the argument from God's inability to sin, and the argument from evil. Anselmian theists have responded to these arguments by constructing an independent response to each. This way of defend…
The Ontological Argument and the Devil
The ‘parody objection’ to the ontological argument for the existence of God advances parallel arguments apparently proving the existence of various absurd entities. I discuss recent versions of the parody objection concerning the existence of ‘AntiGod’ and the devil, as introduced by Peter Millican and Timothy Chambers. I argue that the parody objection always fails, because any parody is either (i) not structurally parallel to the ontological ar…
Anselmian Theism
In this article, I discuss Anselmian theism, which is arguably the most widely accepted form of monotheism. First, I introduce the core theses of Anselmian theism and consider its historical and developmental origins. I contend that, despite its name, Anselmian theism might well be older than Anselm. I also claim, supporting my argument by reference to research in the cognitive science of religion, that, contrary to what many think, Anselmian the…
Consciousness in the physical world: Perspectives on Russellian monism
Contents Editors' Introduction Torin Alter and Yujin Nagasawa Part I: Precursors Chapter 1: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, excerpt from Monadology and letter to DeVolder Chapter 2: Immanuel Kant, excerpt from Critique of Pure Reason Chapter 3: William James, excerpt from Principles of Psychology Chapter 4: Bertrand excerpts from Analysis of Matter (1927), Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits (1948), Portraits from Memory (1956), and My Philosoph…
The Palgrave Handbook of the Afterlife
This unique Handbook provides a sophisticated, scholarly overview of the most advanced thought regarding the idea of life after death. Its comprehensive coverage encompasses historical, religious, phi
The Palgrave Handbook of the Afterlife
xiii, 458 pages ; 24 cm
Reversing the problem of evil
The 2024 Big Question Short Essay Competition
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Epistemology (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Theology and Philosophy of Evil (6 works) · Theism (5 works) · Philosophy of religion (4 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (3 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Medieval Philosophy and Theology (2 works) · Physicalism (2 works)