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Moser, Paul Kenneth was born on October 29, 1957 in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States. Son of Kenneth John and Helen Joan (Wetzstein) Moser.
(Since the beginning of philosophy, philosophers have soug...)
Since the beginning of philosophy, philosophers have sought objective knowledge: knowledge of things whose existence does not depend on one's conceiving of them. This book uses lessons from debates over objective knowledge to characterize the kinds of reasons pertinent to philosophical and other theoretical views. It argues that we cannot meet skeptics' typical demands for nonquestion-begging support for claims to objective truth, and that therefore we should not regard our supporting reasons as resistant to skeptical challenges. One key lesson is that a constructive, explanatory approach to philosophy must change the subject from skeptic-resistant reasons to perspectival reasons arising from variable semantic commitments and instrumental, purpose-relative considerations. The book lays foundations for such a reorientation of philosophy, treating fundamental methodological issues in ontology, epistemology, the theory of meaning, the philosophy of mind, and the theory of practical rationality. It explains how certain perennial debates in philosophy rest not on genuine disagreement, but on conceptual diversity: talk about different matters. The book shows how acknowledgment of conceptual diversity can resolve a range of traditional disputes in philosophy. It also explains why philosophers need not anchor their discipline in the physicalism of the natural sciences.
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(If God exists, where can we find adequate evidence for Go...)
If God exists, where can we find adequate evidence for God's existence? In this book, Paul Moser offers a new perspective on the evidence for God that centers on a morally robust version of theism that is cognitively resilient. The resulting evidence for God is not speculative, abstract, or casual. Rather, it is morally and existentially challenging to humans, as they themselves responsively and willingly become evidence of God's reality in receiving and reflecting God's moral character for others. Moser calls this "personifying evidence of God," because it requires the evidence to be personified in an intentional agent - such as a human - and thereby to be inherent evidence of an intentional agent. Contrasting this approach with skepticism, scientific naturalism, fideism, and natural theology, Moser also grapples with the potential problems of divine hiddenness, religious diversity, and vast evil.
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Paul Moser's book defends what has been an unfashionable view in recent epistemology: the foundationalist account of knowledge and justification. Since the time of Plato philosophers have wondered what exactly knowledge is. This book develops a new account of perceptual knowledge which specifies the exact sense in which knowledge has foundations. The author argues that experiential foundations are indeed essential to perceptual knowledge, and he explains what knowledge requires beyond justified true beliefs. In challenging prominent sceptical claims that we have no justified beliefs about the external world, the book outlines a theory of rational belief.
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Moser, Paul Kenneth was born on October 29, 1957 in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States. Son of Kenneth John and Helen Joan (Wetzstein) Moser.
Bachelor in Philosophy, Covenant College, 1977. Master of Arts in Philosophy, Religion, Western Kentucky University, 1978. Master of Arts in Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1982.
Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1982.
Graduate teaching fellow, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1980-1982; assistant professor philosophy, Loyola University, Chicago, 1983-1985; associate professor philosophy, Loyola University, Chicago, 1985-1988; professor philosophy, Loyola University, Chicago, since 1989; chair philosophy department, Loyola University, Chicago, since 1997. Series general editor Rowman & Littlefield Publs., Lanham, Maryland., since 1989, Routledge Ltd. Consultant, reviewer CHOICE, American Library Association, Middletown, Connecticut, since 1988, Cambridge U. Press, New York City, since 1989.
(If God exists, where can we find adequate evidence for Go...)
(Since the beginning of philosophy, philosophers have soug...)
(Since the beginning of philosophy, philosophers have soug...)
(Paul Moser's book defends what has been an unfashionable ...)
Supporter of various environmental and animal protection groups, since 1985. Member American Philosophical Association, Ill Philosophical Association (vice president & program chairman, 1989-1990), Southern Society Philosophy & Psychology.
Married Kathy Denise Bilbrey, June 28, 1980. Children: Anna Marie, Laura Melissa.