Stephen Law

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Stephen Law

EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
ThesisReference, essence and natural kinds (1995)

Stephen Law

FRSA (born 1960) is an English philosopher. He is currently Director of the Certificate in Higher and Education and Director of Philosophy at The Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford. Law was previously Reader in Philosophy and Head of Department of Philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London, until its closure in June 2018. He also edits the philosophical journal Think,[1] which is sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy[2]
and published by the Cambridge University Press. He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts and Commerce and in 2008 became the provost of the Centre for Inquiry UK.[3] In 2023 he became a fellow with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.[4]

Life

Law was born 12 December 1960 in

doctorate in philosophy. Law lives in Oxford
, England, with his wife and two daughters.

Philosophy

Law has published both a variety of academic papers and more popular, introductory books (including three children's philosophy books). Law has debated many

Evil God Challenge thought experiment.[7][8]

Works

References

  1. ^ "Royal Institute Philosophy". www.royalinstitutephilosophy.org.
  2. ^ "Royal Institute Philosophy". www.royalinstitutephilosophy.org.
  3. ^ "上質な風俗に蜂蜜をぶち撒けるが如き思想". www.cfiuk.org.
  4. ^ "Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Elects Twelve New CSI Fellows". centerforinquiry.net. Center for Inquiry. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  5. ^ Underhill, William. "Stephen Law: Philosopher of 'Believing Bullshit'". Newsweek. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  6. ^ Steel, Mel. "Asking all the right questions". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  7. ^ 2010, Evil God Challenge in Journal of Religious Studies
  8. ^ Galen Orwell (27 January 2014). "Stephen Law - Evil God Anti God Evil Creator Hypothesis Reverse Theodicies" – via YouTube.[dead YouTube link]

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