Michael Tooley
Michael Tooley is an American philosopher. Since 1992 he has taught at University of Colorado Boulder.[1]
He has worked on philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, causality and metaphysical naturalism,[2] and has debated the existence of God with William Lane Craig.[3][4] His paper "Abortion and Infanticide" has been controversial.[5][6][7]
He has a BA from the University of Toronto and a PhD from Princeton University.[8]
Bibliography
- Abortion – Three Perspectives (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)
- Knowledge of God (with Alvin Plantinga, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2008)
- Metaphysics, (New York: Garland Publishing, 1999) Edited, five volumes: Volume 1 - Laws of Nature, Causation, and Supervenience; Volume 2 - The Nature of Time; Volume 3 - Properties; Volume 4 - Particulars, Actuality, and Identity; Volume 5 - Necessity and Possibility.
- Time, Tense, and Causation, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997).
- Causation, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, Readings in Philosophy Series, 1993). Co-edited with Ernest Sosa.
- Causation: A Realist Approach, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987).
References
- ↑ About Tooley
- ↑ Tooley, Michael (1977). "The Nature of Laws". Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 7 (4): 667–698.
- ↑ Transcript of Debate With Craig
- ↑ Video of Debate With Craig
- ↑ Tooley, M. "Abortion and Infanticide". Philosophy and Public Affairs 2:1 (Autumn 1972): 37-65, at 52-53.
- ↑ Tooley, M. 1984. "In Defense of Abortion and Infanticide". In Pojman and Beckwith 1998: 209-233.
- ↑ Don Marquis and Michael Tooley on abortion and personhood
- ↑ Tooley's CV