The Conflict between Theism and Naturalism: Methodological or Metaphysical? Some Comments on the Kalam Cosmological Argument and the First Instance of Time The Kalam Cosmological Argument and the Rationality of Theism Panel Title: Critique of God-World relation Prior Cognitive Information and An Islamic Argument from Reason Timing: 17:00 - 19:30 (13:30 – 16:00 GMT)Ītheism and the concept of religion in the early Kojève Panel Title: On (ir)rationality of Atheism Plantinga and Marx/Freud De Jure Challenge to Theistic Belief In the Absence of Evidence: Mill and James against Hume’s “On Miracles” in Conversation with Ancient Voices and Sacred TextsĮxperts and Laity: What the Social Epistemology of Science and Religion Reveals About Their Relationshipĭefinition of Faith and the Question of Rationality of Theism Panel Title: Rationality of religious belief/disbelief “Notes on ‘Why Hume and Kant were mistaken in rejecting natural theology?” The God-question(s) and the Ontological Dimensions of Beingĭivine inexistence and the ontological argument Panel Title: Critique of Ontological argumentĪnselm’s Ontological Argument Reconsidered As a Religious Thought ExperimentĮxploring the argument for God from truth Rationality, Theism, and Atheism (RTA 2021) Additionally, since one of the main controversies in the debate between theists and atheists is around proofs for and against the existence of God, our conference will try to investigate the basis of these arguments and discover the consistency and coherency of them. This conference will focus on the topic of atheism and theism from this perspective and will examine the rationality of claims raised by each side. Rationality is the playground of philosophers and a good departure for them exploring each side and looking for the criteria’s that are in coordination with what is still left of what is known as human. The keyword in this discussion is rationality especially from epistemic viewpoint. Although there are lots of non-epistemic factors engaged in transiting between theism and atheism – factors that are subject matters of scientific fields – discussing about the epistemic aspect of this transition is a matter of controversy among philosophers. Discussion about atheism is increasing in the public sphere as well as among the academics.

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