Nathan Rockwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 9238554 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nathan Rockwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Rockwood |
| SIGNATURE | ROCKWOOD N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham Young University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5781-9488 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Was the Resurrection a Conspiracy? A New Mathematical Approach
This article introduces a new method for evaluating the sincerity of the testimony of miracles. While others have emphasized the relevance of the number of those claiming to be witnesses of a miracle, how long the witnesses maintain their testimony has not yet been adequately appreciated. Building on David Grime’s method for evaluating conspiracy theories, I develop a mathematical model that incorporates both how many witnesses and how long they …
Internalism and Externalism in Early Modern Epistemology
Do Descartes, Locke, and Hume have an internalist or externalist view of epistemic justification? Internalism is, roughly, the view that a belief that p is justified by a mental state, such as the awareness of evidence. By contrast, externalism is, roughly, the view that a belief that p is justified by facts about the belief-forming process, such as the reliability of the belief-forming process. I argue that they all think that the awareness of e…
Locke and Hume on competing miracles
Christian apologists argue that the testimony of the miracles of Jesus provide evidence for Christianity. Hume tries to undermine this argument by pointing out that miracles are said to occur in other religious traditions and so miracles do not give us reason to believe in Christianity over the alternatives. Thus, competing miracles act as an undercutting defeater for the argument from miracles for Christianity. Yet, before Hume, Locke responds t…
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Locke and Hume on competing miracles
Christian apologists argue that the testimony of the miracles of Jesus provide evidence for Christianity. Hume tries to undermine this argument by pointing out that miracles are said to occur in other religious traditions and so miracles do not give us reason to believe in Christianity over the alternatives. Thus, competing miracles act as an undercutting defeater for the argument from miracles for Christianity. Yet, before Hume, Locke responds t…
Internalism and Externalism in Early Modern Epistemology
Do Descartes, Locke, and Hume have an internalist or externalist view of epistemic justification? Internalism is, roughly, the view that a belief that p is justified by a mental state, such as the awareness of evidence. By contrast, externalism is, roughly, the view that a belief that p is justified by facts about the belief-forming process, such as the reliability of the belief-forming process. I argue that they all think that the awareness of e…
Was the Resurrection a Conspiracy? A New Mathematical Approach
This article introduces a new method for evaluating the sincerity of the testimony of miracles. While others have emphasized the relevance of the number of those claiming to be witnesses of a miracle, how long the witnesses maintain their testimony has not yet been adequately appreciated. Building on David Grime’s method for evaluating conspiracy theories, I develop a mathematical model that incorporates both how many witnesses and how long they …
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought (2 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 work) · Christianity (1 work) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (1 work) · Environmental ethics (1 work) · Externalism (1 work) · Historical Philosophy and Science (1 work) · Internalism and externalism (1 work)