PUBLICATIONS
Monographs, edited collections, and articles
monographs
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The Problem of Evil for Atheists, Oxford University Press, 2024.
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Maximal God: A New Defence of Perfect Being Theism, Oxford University Press, 2017.
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Miracles: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2017.
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The Existence of God: A Philosophical Introduction, Routledge, 2011.
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God and Phenomenal Consciousness: A Novel Approach to Knowledge Arguments, Cambridge University Press, 2008. Winner of the 2008 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise.
edited collections
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Global Dialogues in the Philosophy of Religion: From Religious Experience to the Afterlife (Edited with Mohammad Saleh Zarepour) Oxford University Press, 2024.
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Palgrave Handbooks of the Afterlife (Edited with Benjamin Matheson), Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
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Alternative Concepts of God: Essays on the Metaphysics of the Divine (Edited with Andrei Buckareff), Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Consciousness in the Physical World: Perspectives on Russellian Monism (Edited with Torin Alter), Oxford University Press, 2015.
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Scientific Approaches to the Philosophy of Religion, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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New Waves in Philosophy of Religion (Edited with Erik Wielenberg), Palgrave Macmillan (New Waves in Philosophy Series), 2008.
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There's Something About Mary: Essays on Phenomenal Consciousness and Frank Jackson's Knowledge Argument (Edited with Peter Ludlow and Daniel Stoljar), MIT Press, 2004.
academic articles
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'Evil and the Problem of Evil in Medieval Japanese Philosophy' (2021 Munich Lecture in Philosophy of Religion, LMU), European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 14, pp. 195-266, 2022.
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'Pro-Immortalism and Pro-Mortalism', T. Ryan Byerly (ed.), Death, Immortality and Eternal Life, London: Routledge, pp. 115-133, 2021.
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'Personal Theism vs. A-Personal Axiarchism', Georg Gasser and Simon Kittle (eds.), The Divine Nature: Personal and A-Personal Perspectives, London: Routledge, pp. 23-41, 2021.
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'A Panpsychist Dead End', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume 95, pp. 25-50, 2021.
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‘Panpsychism versus Pantheism, Polytheism, and Cosmopsychism’, in William Seager (ed.), Routledge Companion of Panpsychism, Routledge, pp. 259-268, 2019.
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‘The Problem of Evil for Atheists’ and 'Reply to Critics', in Nick Trakakis (ed.), The Problem of Evil: Eight Views in Dialogue, Oxford University Press, pp. 151-163 and pp. 169-175, 2018.
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‘Global Philosophy of Religion and its Challenges’, in Paul Draper and J. L. Schellenberg (eds.), Renewing Philosophy of Religion: Beyond the Faith-Based Model, Oxford University Press, pp. 33-47, 2018.
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‘Panpsychism and Priority Cosmopsychism’ (with Khai Wager) in Godehard Brüntrup and Ludwig Jaskolla (eds.), Panpsychism: Contemporary Perspectives, Oxford University Press, pp. 113-129, 2017.
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‘Modal Panentheism’, Andrei Buckareff and Yujin Nagasawa (eds.), Alternative Concepts of God: Essays on the Metaphysics of the Divine, Oxford University Press, pp. 91-105, 2016.
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‘Silence, Evil, and Shusaku Endo’, in Adam Green and Eleonore Stump (eds.), Hidden Divinity and Religious Belief: New Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, pp. 246-259, 2016.
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‘Multiverse Pantheism’, Klaas Kraay (ed.), God and the Multiverse: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives, Routledge, pp. 177-191, 2015.
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‘The Paradox of Eden and Black-and-White Mary’, in Andrew Moore (ed.), God, Mind and Knowledge, Ashgate, pp. 135-143, 2014.
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'MaximalGod and the Problem of Evil’, Jeanine Diller and Asa Kasher (eds.), Models of God and Other Ultimate Realities, Springer, pp. 233-243, 2013.
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‘Models of Anselmian Theism’, Faith and Philosophy 30, pp. 3-25, 2013.
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‘Introduction to Nonphysicalist Monism’ (with Max Velmans), Journal of Consciousness Studies 19, pp. 7-18, 2012.
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‘What is Russellian Monism?’ (with Torin Alter), Journal of Consciousness Studies 19, pp. 67-95, 2012. Reprinted in Torin Alter and Yujin Nagasawa (eds.), Consciousness in the Physical World: Perspectives on Russellian Monism, Oxford University Press.
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‘Infinite Decomposability and the Mind-Body Problem’, American Philosophical Quarterly 49, pp. 357-367, 2012.
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‘Is There a Shallow Logical Refutation of the Ontological Argument?’, a special issue on the ontological argument, European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 4, pp. 87-99, 2012.
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‘John Hick’s Pan(en)theistic Monism’, Religious Pluralism and the Modern World: An Ongoing Engagement with John Hick, Sharada Sugirtharajah (ed.), Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 176-189, 2012.
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‘Anselmian Theism’, Philosophy Compass 6, pp. 564-571, 2011.
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‘The Knowledge Argument and Epiphenomenalism’, Erkenntnis 72, pp. 37-56, 2010.
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‘The Ontological Argument and the Devil’, Philosophical Quarterly 60, pp. 72-91. Winner of the 2010 Excellence in Philosophy of Religion Prize, 2010.
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‘Australasian Dualism’, Graham Oppy, Nick Trakakis, et. al. (eds.), A Companion to Australasian Philosophy, Monash University Publishing, 2010.
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‘Immortality without Boredom’ (with Lisa Bortolotti), Ratio 22, pp. 261-277, 2009.
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‘The Knowledge Argument’, Tim Bayne, Axel Cleeremans and Patrick Wilken (eds.), The Oxford Companion to Consciousness, Oxford University Press, pp. 395-397, 2009.
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‘A New Defence of Anselmian Theism’, Philosophical Quarterly 58, pp. 577-596. Winner of the 2007 Philosophical Quarterly Essay Prize, 2008.
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‘Millican on the Ontological Argument’, Mind 116, pp. 1027-1040, 2007.
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‘A Further Reply to Beyer on Omniscience’, Sophia 46, pp. 65-67, 2007.
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‘The Grounds of Worship Again: A Reply to Crowe’ (with Tim Bayne), Religious Studies 43, pp. 475-40, 2007.
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‘Formulating the Explanatory Gap’, The American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers, 2007.
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‘Proxy Consent and Counterfactuals’, Bioethics 22, pp. 16-24, 2007.
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‘Surgeon Report Cards and the Concept of Defensive Medicine’, Steve Clarke and Justin Oakley (eds.), Informed Consent and Clinical Accountability: The Ethics of Auditing and Reporting Surgeon Performance, Cambridge University Press, pp. 255-265, 2007.
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‘A Place for Protoconsciousness?’, Psyche, Symposium on Gregg Rosenberg’s A Place for Consciousness, 2006.
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‘The Grounds of Worship’ (with Tim Bayne), Religious Studies 42, pp. 299-313, 2006.
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‘Omniscience and Physicalism: A Reply to Beyer’, Sophia 44, pp. 55-58, 2005.
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‘I Can’t Make You Worship Me’ (with Campbell Brown), Ratio 18, pp. 138-144, 2005.
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‘Anything You Can Do God Can Do Better’ (with Campbell Brown), American Philosophical Quarterly 42, pp. 221-227, 2005.
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‘The Best of All Possible Worlds’ (with Campbell Brown), Synthese 143, pp. 309-320, 2005.
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‘Chappell on the Consistency of Criticisms of Christianity’, Ratio 18, pp. 104-106, 2005.
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‘Skeptical Theism and Moral Skepticism: A Reply to Almeida and Oppy’ (with Nick Trakakis), Ars Disputandi 4, 2004.
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‘Subjective Characters of Experience in Medical Ethics: A Reply to Atkins’, Journal of Applied Philosophy 21, pp. 219-223, 2004.
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‘Salvation in Heaven?’ (with Graham Oppy and Nick Trakakis), Philosophical Papers, 33, pp. 95-117. Reprinted in Graham Oppy (2006) Arguing About Gods, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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‘Thomas vs. Thomas: A New Approach to Nagel’s Bat Argument’, Inquiry 46, pp. 377-394, 2003.
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‘I Trust You, You’re a Doctor’, Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics 5, pp. 70-73, 2003.
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‘Moral Evil and Human Freedom: A Reply to Tierno’, Sophia 42, pp. 107-11, 2003.
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‘Divine Omniscience and Experience: A Reply to Alter’, Ars Disputandi 3, 2003.
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‘Divine Omniscience and Knowledge De Se’, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 53, pp. 73-82, 2003.
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‘God’s Point of View: A Reply to Mander’, The Heythrop Journal 44, pp. 60-63, 2003.
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‘Externalism and the Memory Argument’, Dialectica 56, pp. 335-346, 2002.
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‘The Knowledge Argument Against Dualism’, Theoria LXVIII, pp. 205-223, 2002.
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‘“Very-Slow-Switching” and Memory: A Critical Note on Ludlow’s Paper’, Acta Analytica 15, pp. 173-175, 2000.
popular articles
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‘Is it Rational to Believe in Miracles?’, Dialogue 56, pp. 10–13, 2021.
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‘What Do World Religions Teach Us About COVID and the Possibility of Miracles?’, University of Birmingham Blog.
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‘Coronavirus: Medieval Japanese Thinkers Had Similar Reactions to Plagues – Isolate or Party’, The Conversation, 2020.
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‘Uskotko itse ihmeisiin?-Filosofi Yujin Nagasawan haastattelu tietoisuuden ongelmasta ja ihmeiden mahdollisuudesta’ (‘Do you Believe in Miracles?’ Interview with Philosopher Yujin Nagasawa about the Problem of Consciousness and the Possibility of Miracles)’, Areiopagi magazine, 2019.
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‘Philosophical, Religious and Scientific Perspectives on Miracles’, REtoday magazine 36, p. 69, 2018.
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‘Nauka a Cuda’ (‘Science and Miracles’), translated into Polish by Jacek Jarocki. Marcin Iwanicki and Jacek Jarocki (eds.), 27 podróży filozoficznych. Przewodnik (nie tylko Pascala), Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL, pp. 38–39, 2018.
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‘Is it Unreasonable to Believe in Miracles?’, the Irish Times, 28 February 2018.
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‘Why We Still Believe in Christmas Miracles . . . According to Philosophy’, The Conversation, 14 December 2017.
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‘Is there Definitive Proof of the Existence of God?’, OUPblog, 8 November 2017.
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‘Why do So Many People Believe in Miracles?’, OUPblog, 6 October 2017.
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‘Where does Consciousness Come From?’, BBC Focus magazine, August Issue, pp. 64–69, 2017.