John A. Leslie
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| Born | August 2, 1940 |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
Main interests | Philosophy of religion Philosophy of science Philosophy of mind Metaphysics Ethics |
John Andrew Leslie (born 2 August 1940) is a Canadian
philosopher
and writer.
Biography
Leslie was educated at
, Canada.In his book Universes, Leslie describes a philosophical
Anthropic Principle strongly suggests a Creator
with intent.
Leslie has spoken as follows about his life's work:
What I have to contribute is some technical defense of the idea that if you had an infinitely rich [universe], it could be explained by reference to its value. Its goodness could be the creative force which had produced it. I think if I would like to be remembered as a philosopher for any one thing, that would be the thing I'd most like to be remembered for.
Pantheism
Leslie is a
In his book Infinite Minds: A Philosophical Cosmology (2001), Leslie argues for a pantheistic universe in which everything exists in a divine mind. Philosopher
arguments for the existence of God which are usually used to support theism such as a version of the cosmological argument and the design argument based on fine-tuning, but he explains these in a pantheistic way.[4]
Selected publications
- Value and Existence (1979)
- Universes (1989)
- Physical Cosmology and Philosophy (1990)
- The End of the World: The Science and Ethics of Human Extinction. (1996)
- Modern Cosmology and Philosophy (1998)
- Infinite Minds: A Philosophical Cosmology(2001)
- Immortality Defended (2007)
- The Mystery of Existence: Why is there Anything At All? (2013)
- What God Might Be (2018)
See also
- Axiarchism – a term invented by John Leslie for the metaphysical belief that the world is largely or entirely determined by what is ethically valuable, and that things in this world have an intrinsic desire for the good
- Doomsday argument – a probabilistic argument that claims to predict number of future members of the human species given only an estimate of the total number of humans born so far
- Hostage Chess – a chess variantinvented by Leslie
References
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- ^ "Pantheism: Is God All Reality? - John Leslie". Closertotruth.com. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- S2CID 170216998.
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External links
- Personal homepage at University of Guelph
- Bio page at the Lifeboat Foundation
- Video of debate/discussion with John Leslie and Jim Holt on Bloggingheads.tv
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