Robert A Oakes
Biographic Data
| ID | 5893480 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert A Oakes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert A |
| FAMILY NAME | Oakes |
| SIGNATURE | OAKES R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Missouri University of Science and Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Classical Theism and Pantheism
I am grateful to Philip Quinn for his thorough and penetrating critique of my paper on classical theism and pantheism. He has given me much to think about, and it would be philosophically remiss of me not to acknowledge that – in the light of his remarks – the argument which I employed in defence of the thesis that classical theism implies a version of pantheism might well benefit from some amendment. However, the purpose of this brief counter-re…
How to Rescue the Traditional Causal Theory of Perception
Classical Theism and Pantheism
In Anselm's Discovery , Professor Hartshorne makes the rather startling and (I think) counterintuitive claim that ‘...there is indeed no issue between theism and pantheism. We all exist in the divine being, as St Paul said.’ 1 Classical or orthodox theists, it seems eminently fair to say, can be expected to recoil from any such suggestion with more than a little indignation. First of all, it might well be objected that Hartshorne - as a ‘process …
Metaphor and Myth in Science and Religion
Religious Experience and Rational Certainty
The purpose of this paper is to clear up the long-standing veritable mountain of misinterpretation, perpetuated from critic to critic, concerning the admittedly problematic concept of self-authenticating (i.e. unmistakable) religious experience. While it may well be the case, as many have argued, that a sort of ‘experience’ about which one could not be mistaken is simply a logically impossible state of affairs, this cannot be known to be the case…
Ethics Without God
Art and the Religious Experience
God, Evil, and Professor Ross
How Philosophy Shapes Theology
Structures of Experience
Reply to Professor Rachels
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Pragmatism, God, and Professor Matson
Logical necessity, self-evidence and ?God-exists
Belief in God
Science, Error, and Dualism
Science, Error, and Dualism
Belief in God
Reply to Professor Rachels
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Pragmatism, God, and Professor Matson
Logical necessity, self-evidence and ?God-exists
How Philosophy Shapes Theology
Structures of Experience
Art and the Religious Experience
God, Evil, and Professor Ross
Ethics Without God
Religious Experience and Rational Certainty
The purpose of this paper is to clear up the long-standing veritable mountain of misinterpretation, perpetuated from critic to critic, concerning the admittedly problematic concept of self-authenticating (i.e. unmistakable) religious experience. While it may well be the case, as many have argued, that a sort of ‘experience’ about which one could not be mistaken is simply a logically impossible state of affairs, this cannot be known to be the case…
Classical Theism and Pantheism
In Anselm's Discovery , Professor Hartshorne makes the rather startling and (I think) counterintuitive claim that ‘...there is indeed no issue between theism and pantheism. We all exist in the divine being, as St Paul said.’ 1 Classical or orthodox theists, it seems eminently fair to say, can be expected to recoil from any such suggestion with more than a little indignation. First of all, it might well be objected that Hartshorne - as a ‘process …
Metaphor and Myth in Science and Religion
How to Rescue the Traditional Causal Theory of Perception
Classical Theism and Pantheism
I am grateful to Philip Quinn for his thorough and penetrating critique of my paper on classical theism and pantheism. He has given me much to think about, and it would be philosophically remiss of me not to acknowledge that – in the light of his remarks – the argument which I employed in defence of the thesis that classical theism implies a version of pantheism might well benefit from some amendment. However, the purpose of this brief counter-re…
Philosophy (15 works) · Epistemology (13 works) · Philosophy (11 works) · Theology (7 works) · Theology and Philosophy of Evil (5 works) · Analytic philosophy (3 works) · Contemporary philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works)