Daniel Linford
Biographic Data
| ID | 4491041 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Linford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Linford |
| SIGNATURE | LINFORD D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University West Lafayette |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8008-4969 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Universe without a cause: A reply to David Lu
David Lu has recently argued that denying the Modified Causal Principle (MCP)—that if the universe began to exist, then it has a cause—leads to the conclusion that we likely inhabit an Omphalos universe, one that began recently with the appearance of age. Lu goes on to argue that if the universe is likely Omphalos, then independent measurements of the universe’s age are unlikely to agree. I offer three families of objections. First, Lu’s probabil…
A Modal Condition for the Beginning of the Universe
Existential Inertia and Classical Theistic Proofs
Big Bounce or Double Bang? A Reply to Craig and Sinclair on the Interpretation of Bounce Cosmologies
Existential Inertia and Classical Theistic Proofs
Idolatry, indifference, and the scientific study of religion: Two new Humean arguments
We utilize contemporary cognitive and social science of religion to defend a controversial thesis: the human cognitive apparatus gratuitously inclines humans to religious activity oriented around entities other than the God of classical theism. Using this thesis, we update and defend two arguments drawn from David Hume: (i) the argument from idolatry , which argues that the God of classical theism does not exist, and (ii) the argument from indiff…
Early-Modern Irreligion and Theological Analogy: A Response to Gavin Hyman’s A Short History of Atheism
Historically, many Christians have understood God’s transcendence to imply God’s properties categorically differ from any created properties. For multiple historical figures, a problem arose for religious language: how can one talk of God at all if none of our predicates apply to God? What are we to make of creeds and Biblical passages that seem to predicate creaturely properties, such as goodness and wisdom, of God? Thomas Aquinas offered a solu…
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Early-Modern Irreligion and Theological Analogy: A Response to Gavin Hyman’s A Short History of Atheism
Historically, many Christians have understood God’s transcendence to imply God’s properties categorically differ from any created properties. For multiple historical figures, a problem arose for religious language: how can one talk of God at all if none of our predicates apply to God? What are we to make of creeds and Biblical passages that seem to predicate creaturely properties, such as goodness and wisdom, of God? Thomas Aquinas offered a solu…
Idolatry, indifference, and the scientific study of religion: Two new Humean arguments
We utilize contemporary cognitive and social science of religion to defend a controversial thesis: the human cognitive apparatus gratuitously inclines humans to religious activity oriented around entities other than the God of classical theism. Using this thesis, we update and defend two arguments drawn from David Hume: (i) the argument from idolatry , which argues that the God of classical theism does not exist, and (ii) the argument from indiff…
Big Bounce or Double Bang? A Reply to Craig and Sinclair on the Interpretation of Bounce Cosmologies
Existential Inertia and Classical Theistic Proofs
Existential Inertia and Classical Theistic Proofs
A Modal Condition for the Beginning of the Universe
Universe without a cause: A reply to David Lu
David Lu has recently argued that denying the Modified Causal Principle (MCP)—that if the universe began to exist, then it has a cause—leads to the conclusion that we likely inhabit an Omphalos universe, one that began recently with the appearance of age. Lu goes on to argue that if the universe is likely Omphalos, then independent measurements of the universe’s age are unlikely to agree. I offer three families of objections. First, Lu’s probabil…
Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Physics (3 works) · Theology and Philosophy of Evil (3 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Ontology (2 works) · Relativity and Gravitational Theory (2 works) · Skepticism (2 works) · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (2 works)