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    Kant on God.Peter Byrne - 2007 - Ashgate Pub Co.
    Peter Byrne presents a detailed study of the role of the concept of God in Kant's Critical Philosophy. After a preliminary survey of the major interpretative disputes over the understanding of Kant on God, Byrne explores his critique of philosophical proofs of God¿s existence. Examining Kant¿s account of religious language, Byrne highlights both the realist and anti-realist elements contained within it. The notion of the highest good is then explored, with its constituent elements - happiness and virtue, in pursuit of (...)
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    The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III: Multiple Universes, Mutual Assured Destruction, and the Meltdown of a Nuclear Family.Peter Byrne - 2012 - Oxford University Press.
    Peter Byrne tells the story of Hugh Everett III (1930-1982), whose "many worlds" theory of multiple universes has had a profound impact on physics and philosophy. Using Everett's unpublished papers (recently discovered in his son's basement) and dozens of interviews with his friends, colleagues, and surviving family members, Byrne paints, for the general reader, a detailed portrait of the genius who invented an astonishing way of describing our complex universe from the inside. Everett's mathematical model (called the "universal wave function") (...)
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    Essays on Kant and Hume.Peter Byrne - 1980 - Philosophical Quarterly 30 (118):75-76.
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    The Moral Interpretation of Religion.Peter Byrne - 1998 - Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
    The Moral Interpretation of Religion provides a critical examination of the traditional attempt to interpret religion in moral terms alone.
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  5. Moral arguments for the existence of God.Peter Byrne - 2008 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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    Prolegomena to religious pluralism: reference and realism in religion.Peter Byrne - 1995 - New York: St. Martin's Press.
    This book surveys the thesis that all religions are alike in referring and relating to a single, common transcendent and sacred reality. It treats this thesis as one in the philosophy of religion. In the first chapter pluralism is defined and its core is distinguished from its particular character and defence in the writings of John Hick and others. The underpinnings of pluralism are held to lie in an understanding of reference in religion, the definition of religion, the nature of (...)
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    The Myth of Religious Neutrality: An Essay on the Hidden Role of Religious Belief in Theories.Peter Byrne - 1991 - Religious Studies 31 (1):142-143.
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  8. Religion Defined and Explained.Peter Clarke & Peter Byrne - 1994 - Religious Studies 30 (1):121-122.
     
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  9. Prolegomena to Religious Pluralism: Reference and Realism in Religion.Peter Byrne - 1996 - Religious Studies 32 (2):289-292.
     
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    Natural Religion and the Nature of Religion: The Legacy of Deism.Peter Byrne - 1989 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 34 (1):61-62.
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  11. God and Realism.Peter Byrne - 2003 - Ashgate.
    The book concludes with a discussion of whether theology as a discursive, academic discipline can be interpreted realistically.Offering a comprehensive survey ...
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    Natural Religion and the Nature of Religion: The Legacy of Deism.Peter Byrne - 1989 - Routledge.
    This study offers students of religion and philosophy introductory chapters concerning the concept of natural religion. It holds that we can’t engage in useful discussion about the present concept of religion without a knowledge of the philosophical history that has shaped that concept. This is discussed with reference to the notion of natural religion to illustrate certain aspects of deism and its legacy. Originally published in 1989.
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    Natural Religion and the Nature of Religion: The Legacy of Deism.Peter Byrne - 1989 - Religious Studies 27 (3):425-426.
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  14. Philosophical and Ethical Problems in Mental Handicap.Peter Byrne - 2000 - Philosophy 76 (295):171-174.
     
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    Ethics and Law in Health Care and Research.Peter Byrne - 1990 - Wiley-Blackwell.
    The fifth volume of essays in medical ethics and law produced by the King's College Centre of Medical Law and Ethics. Issues addressed include a discussion of the ethics and epistemology of clinical research, the validation of therapies and topical concern.
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  16. Everett and Wheeler, the Untold Story.Peter Byrne - 2010 - In Simon Saunders, Jonathan Barrett, Adrian Kent & David Wallace (eds.), Many Worlds?: Everett, Quantum Theory, & Reality. Oxford University Press.
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    Is Morality Undercut by Evolutionary Naturalism.Peter Byrne - 2009 - Philo 12 (2):116-134.
    This paper surveys the argument that a secular world-view that is committed to a neo-Darwinian account of human origins generates a vicious form of moral skepticism. The argument turns around the claim that Darwinism entails the unreliability of moral sense or conscience. This argument is analyzed and found wanting. It rests on a major error about the scope of evolutionary biology in explaining human thought.
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    God and the Moral Order.Peter Byrne - 2006 - Faith and Philosophy 23 (2):201-208.
  19. Reidianism in Contemporary English-Speaking Religious Epistemology.Peter Byrne - 2011 - European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 3 (2):267 - 284.
    This paper explores the main contours of recent work in English-speaking philosophy of religion on the justification of religious belief. It sets out the main characteristics of the religious epistemologies of such writers as Alston, Plantinga, and Swinburne. It poses and seeks to answer the question of how far any or all of these epistemologies are indebted or similar to the epistemology of the Scottish Enlightenment thinker Thomas Reid. It concludes that while there are some links to Reid in recent (...)
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  20. Prolegomena to Religious Pluralism: Reference and Realism in Religion.Peter Byrne - 1995 - Palgrave-Macmillan.
    This book surveys the thesis that all religions are alike in referring and relating to a single, common transcendent and sacred reality. It treats this thesis as one in the philosophy of religion. In the first chapter pluralism is defined and its core is distinguished from its particular character and defence in the writings of John Hick and others. The underpinnings of pluralism are held to lie in an understanding of reference in religion, the definition of religion, the nature of (...)
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  21. It Is Not Reasonable to Believe That Only One Religion Is True.”.Peter Byrne - 2004 - In Michael L. Peterson & Raymond J. VanArragon (eds.), Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Religion. Blackwell. pp. 201--210.
     
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  22. Religious Tolerance, Diversity, and Pluralism.Peter Byrne - 2011 - Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 68:287-309.
    The theme of this paper can be introduced in this way: does a pluralist approach to religion entail a pluralist approach to religion? My theme is not that odd, because I have two notions of pluralism in mind. There is what I will call ‘tolerant pluralism’ and what I will call ‘religious pluralism’. And thus my question is ‘Does tolerant pluralism re religion entail religious pluralism?’.
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  23. A Companion To The Philosophy Of Religion. [REVIEW]Peter Byrne - 1997 - Religious Studies 33 (3):349-360.
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    Health, Rights and Resources: King's College Studies 1987-8.Peter Byrne - 1988
    This is the third volume of King's College Studies in medical law and ethics and covers the following topics: AIDS; contraception and family planning; human rights and the role of the judiciary in medical law; a national commission for medical ethics; defensive medicine and medical malpractice; the ethics of the allocation of resources in health care; and the legal status of the unborn. Within these diverse themes challenging ideas about rights and resources in contemporary society and medical practice are introduced (...)
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    Medicine in Contemporary Society.Peter Byrne - 1987
    This is the second of the annual series on medical law and ethics, based on lectures given at the Centre for Medical Law and Ethics at King's College, London. The contributors, who come from a wide range of disciplines and represent diverse interests, review important issues in the forefront of recent controversy.
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    Medicine, Medical Ethics and the Value of Life.Peter Byrne - 1990 - Wiley.
    This volume in the King's College (London) Studies in Medical Law and Ethics series covers a wide range of issues (euthanasia, abortion, embryo research and fetal transplantation, the teaching of medical ethics, AIDS and sex selection) while focusing on a series of related themes. Contributors to this collection of essays include doctors, lawyers, theologians and philosophers and their viewpoints will be of immense interest to a wide range of professionals in related fields and/or students of medicine, philosophy and nursing.
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  27. No title available: Religious studies.Peter Byrne - 1993 - Religious Studies 29 (1):137-138.
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  28. No title available: Religious studies.Peter Byrne - 1982 - Religious Studies 18 (4):519-521.
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  29. No title available: Religious studies.Peter Byrne - 1992 - Religious Studies 28 (1):122-123.
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  30. No title available: Religious studies.Peter Byrne - 1985 - Religious Studies 21 (4):601-602.
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  31. No title available: Religious studies.Peter Byrne - 1993 - Religious Studies 29 (4):569-571.
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    Rights and Wrongs in Medicine.Peter Byrne - 1986
    This is the first in an annual series of volumes of medical law and ethics based on lectures given at the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College, London. The contributors, who come from a wide range of disciplines and represent diverse interests, review important issues in the forefront of recent controversy, relating particularly to artificially assisted reproduction and to the Gillick judgement. It is hoped that their essays will stimulate reflection and debate on the ethical and legal issues (...)
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  33. The deists.Peter Byrne - 2009 - In Graham Robert Oppy & Nick Trakakis (eds.), Medieval Philosophy of Religion: The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 2. Oxford University Press. pp. 3--211.
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    The philosophical and theological foundations of ethics: an introduction to moral theory and its relation to religious belief.Peter Byrne - 1999 - New York: St. Martin's Press.
    This study is an introduction to the problems of moral philosophy designed particularly for those interested in theology and religious studies. It offers an account of the nature and subject matter of moral reasoning and of the major types of moral theory in contemporary moral philosophy. The account aims to bring out the major issues in moral theory, to present a clear, non-technical articulation of the structure of moral knowledge, and to explore the relation between religious belief and morality.
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  35. Everett and Wheeler, the Untold Story.Peter Byrne - 2010 - In Simon Saunders, Jonathan Barrett, Adrian Kent & David Wallace (eds.), Many Worlds?: Everett, Quantum Theory & Reality. Oxford University Press.
     
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  36. Leavis, literary criticism and philosophy.Peter Byrne - 1979 - British Journal of Aesthetics 19 (3):263-273.
    This article explores and defends some of f r leavis's ideas about the nature of reasoning in literary criticism. In particular, It examines leavis's contention that the validity of literary criticism does not wait upon a theoretical defence of its canons of judgments of standards. It aims to show that this eschewal of theoretical thought is rationally justifiable and that the form of reasoning leavis advocates for literary criticism has respectable parallels elsewhere, Not least in philosophy itself. Throughout, Reference is (...)
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    David A. Pailin. A Gentle Touch: from a theology of handicap to a theology of being human. London. SPCK 1992 x+ 192. Robert L. Fastiggi. The Natural Theology of Yves de Paris. Atlanta Ga. Scholars Press. 1992. Pp 281. $19.95 Pbk. Merold Westphal. Hegel, Freedom and Modernity New York. State University Press of New York. 1992. Pp xviii+ 295. Paul Davies. The Mind of God: the scientific basis for a rational world. New York. Simon and Schuster. Pp 245. Hiroshi Obayashi ed. Death and Afterlife. New York ... [REVIEW]Peter Byrne - 1992 - Religious Studies 28 (4):583-584.
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    Review of Kant and the New Philosophy of Religion[REVIEW]Peter Byrne - 2007 - Religious Studies 43 (3):364-367.
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    Grammars of Faith: a Critical Examination of D. Z. Phillips's Philosophy of Religion. [REVIEW]Peter Byrne - 2007 - Religious Studies 43 (1):121-124.
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    Praise and Blame. [REVIEW]Peter Byrne - 2005 - Faith and Philosophy 22 (4):503-504.
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    John Hick an interpretation of religion: Human responses to the transcendent. (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004). Pp. XXXI+448. £18.99 (pbk). ISBN 1 403 94445. [REVIEW]Peter Byrne - 2005 - Religious Studies 41 (2):231-233.
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    Prolegomena to a Philosophy of Religion. [REVIEW]Peter Byrne - 2007 - Religious Studies 43 (2):242-246.
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    Miracles and the philosophy of science.Peter Byrne - 1978 - Heythrop Journal 19 (2):162–170.
    THIS ARTICLE ATTEMPTS TO SHOW THAT A BELIEF IN MIRACLES AS VIOLATIONS OF THE LAWS OF NATURE IS COMPATIBLE WITH A DUE RESPECT FOR SCIENTIFIC METHOD. SOME MODERN THEOLOGIANS HAVE THOUGHT THAT SCIENTIFIC DETERMINISM INVOLVES A RIGID INSISTENCE THAT EVERY EVENT HAS A CAUSE AND THUS THAT RESPECT FOR SCIENCE CALLS FOR REINTERPRETATION OF THE CONCEPT OF MIRACLE. THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT A WEAKER COMMITMENT TO DETERMINISM IS RATIONALLY MORE ACCEPTABLE AND THAT THIS COMMITMENT LEAVES THE TRADITIONAL CONCEPT OF MIRACLE (...)
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    Kant and the New Philosophy of Religion. [REVIEW]Peter Byrne - 2007 - Religious Studies 43 (3):364-367.
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    No Title available: Religious Studies.Peter Byrne - 1994 - Religious Studies 30 (1):131-133.
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    The Theory of Religion and Method in the Study of Religion in the Encyclopedia of Religion.Peter Byrne - 1988 - Religious Studies 24 (1):3 - 10.
    In this review of articles in the Encyclopedia of Religion I have selected those concerning theoretical issues about the nature of religion and those describing the history and methods of the study of religion as an academic discipline. By any count this collection of papers should be of central importance to an encyclopaedia of this nature. Method provides one of the most contentious and thorny sets of issues in contemporary academic debate in the study of religion. A reference work of (...)
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    F. R. Lea vis and the religious dimension in literature.Peter Byrne - 1985 - Modern Theology 1 (2):119-130.
  48. A case conference revisited: Commentary 1: Comments on an obstructed death.Peter Byrne - 1990 - Journal of Medical Ethics 16 (2):88.
    The paper comments on Scott Dunbar's "An obstructed death and medical ethics," arguing contra Dunbar that we should not view truth-telling to the terminally ill as primarily governed by principles of veracity and respect for autonomy. All such rules are of limited value in medical ethics. We should instead turn to an ethics deriving from the centrality of moral relationships and virtues. A brief analysis of the connections between moral relationships and moral rules is offered. Such an ethics would lower (...)
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    R. Douglas Geivett and Brendan Sweetman (eds). Contemporary Perspectives on Religious Epistemology. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 358.£ 37.50 hdbk;£ 15.95 pbk. Joseph Runzo (ed.). Is God Real? Basingstoke and London. The Macmillan Press. Pp. 216. 1993.£ 40.00. JG Herder. Against Pure Reason. Edited, selected and translated by Marcia Bunge. Minneapolis. Fortress Press. Pp. 264. 1992. JL Schellenberg. Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason. Ithaca and London. Cornell University Press. Pp ... [REVIEW]Peter Byrne - 1993 - Religious Studies 29 (4):569-571.
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    A Religious Theory of Religion.Peter Byrne - 1991 - Religious Studies 27 (1):121 - 132.
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