Michael C. Rea

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Michael C. Rea
Born	Michael Cannon Rea
Awards	Gifford Lecturer (2017)
Philosophical work
Era	21st-century philosophy
Institutions	University of Notre Dame
Main interests	Metaphysics, Philosophy of religion
Notable works	World Without Design Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
Notable ideas	Critique of naturalism, Divine hiddenness

Michael Cannon Rea is an American analytic philosopher and, since 2017, John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy ^[1] at the University of Notre Dame. He delivered the 2017 Gifford Lecture on divine hiddenness. ^[2]

Work

In World Without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism, Rea argues that naturalists are not justified in accepting either realism about material objects, or realism about other minds, or materialism. ^[3]

Bibliography

• World Without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Clarendon), 2002
• Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (with Michael Murray). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
• Metaphysics: The Basics, London: Routledge (under contract)

Edited books

• Material Constitution: A Reader. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997. ISBN   978-0-8476-8384-0
• Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology, 5th edition (with Louis P. Pojman). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2007. ISBN   978-0-495-09504-0
• Critical Concepts in Philosophy: Metaphysics, 5 vols., London: Routledge, 2008. ISBN   978-0-415-39751-3
• Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology (with Thomas P. Flint). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN   978-0-19-928920-2
• Analytic Theology: New Essays in Theological Method (with Oliver D. Crisp). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN   978-0-19-920356-7
• Arguing About Metaphysics. New York: Routledge, 2009. ISBN   978-0-415-95825-7
• Philosophical and Theological Essays on the Trinity (with Thomas McCall), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN   978-0-19-921621-5
• Oxford Readings in Philosophical Theology, 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN   978-0-19-923746-3
• Divine Evil? The Moral Character of the God of Abraham (with Michael Bergmann and Michael Murray). Oxford University Press, under contract. ISBN   978-0-19-957673-9

References

1. Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre (15 May 2017). "Michael Rea named John A. O'Brien Chair of Philosophy // Department of Philosophy // University of Notre Dame". Department of Philosophy. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
2. "Professors begin research project on transformative experiences // The Observer". 21 September 2015.
3. Melnyk, Andrew (2004). "Review: World Without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism". Mind. 113 (451): 575–581. doi:10.1093/mind/113.451.575.

External links

• Official website

Professional and academic associations
Preceded by Peter van Inwagen	President of the Society of Christian Philosophers 2013–2016	Succeeded by Michael Bergmann