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'''Charles Taliaferro''' (born August 25th, 1952) is an American [[philosopher]] specializing in [[theology]] and [[philosophy of religion]].


==Biography==
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'''Charles Taliaferro''' is an American philosopher specializing in [[Theology]] and [[Philosophy of Religion]]. He is a Professor of Philosophy at [[St. Olaf College]], a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Faithful Research, and a member of the [[Royal Institute of Philosophy]]. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of twenty books, most recently ''The Image in Mind; Theism, Naturalism and the Imagination'', co-authored with the American artist Jil Evans. He has been a visiting scholar or guest lecturer at a large number of universities, including Brown, Cambridge, Notre Dame, Oxford, Princeton, and the University of Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bethelcollege.edu/academics/programs/religionphilosophy/philosophy/awards/taliaferro.html |title=Charles Taliaferro |publisher=Bethel College |date= |accessdate=2013-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epsociety.org/library/authors.asp?mode=profile&pid=26 |title=Charles Taliaferro |publisher=Evengelical Philosophical Society |date= |accessdate=2013-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.org/aboutus/person_detail.asp?id=1467 |title=Charles Taliaferro |publisher=The Independent Institute |date= |accessdate=2013-06-03}}</ref>


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Taliaferro received his Ph.D. and M.A. from Brown University, his M.T.S. at Harvard University, a M.A. at University of Rhode Island, and a B.A. from [[Goddard College]].
==Education==

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Taliaferro received his Ph.D. and M.A. from Brown University, his M.T.S. at Harvard University, a M.A. at University of Rhode Island, and a B.A. from Goddard College.
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He is an emeritus [[professor]] of philosophy at [[St. Olaf College]], a senior research fellow at the Institute for Faithful Research, and a member of the [[Royal Institute of Philosophy]]. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of twenty books, most recently ''The Image in Mind; Theism, Naturalism and the Imagination'', co-authored with the American artist Jil Evans. He has been a visiting scholar or guest lecturer at a large number of universities, including Brown, Cambridge, Notre Dame, Oxford, Princeton, and the University of Chicago.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bethelcollege.edu/academics/programs/religionphilosophy/philosophy/awards/taliaferro.html |title=Charles Taliaferro |publisher=Bethel College |accessdate=2013-06-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129000214/http://www.bethelcollege.edu/academics/programs/religionphilosophy/philosophy/awards/taliaferro.html |archivedate=2013-11-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epsociety.org/library/authors.asp?mode=profile&pid=26 |title=Charles Taliaferro |publisher=[[Evangelical Philosophical Society]] |accessdate=2013-06-03 |archive-date=2019-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042007/http://www.epsociety.org/library/authors.asp?mode=profile&pid=26 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.org/aboutus/person_detail.asp?id=1467 |title=Charles Taliaferro |publisher=The Independent Institute |accessdate=2013-06-03}}</ref> Since 2013 Taliaferro is [[editor-in-chief]] of the journal ''[[Open Theology]]''.

Taliaferro has defended [[substance dualism]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Givens, Terryl L.|year=2012|title=Reviewed Work: A Brief History of the Soul by Stewart Goetz, Charles Taliaferro|journal=Church History|volume=81|issue=3|pages=656-658|JSTOR=23252345}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Taliaferro, Charles|year=2021|title=Are We Embodied Souls?|journal=Roczniki Filozoficzne|volume=69|issue=1|pages=83-88|JSTOR=27031918}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mousavirad |first1=Seyyed Jaaber |last2=Philosophy Documentation Center |date=2023 |title=Coherence of Substance Dualism |url=https://www.pdcnet.org/oom/service?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=&rft.imuse_id=ipq_2023_0063_0001_0033_0042&svc_id=info:www.pdcnet.org/collection |journal=International Philosophical Quarterly |volume=63 |issue=1 |pages=41–42 |doi=10.5840/ipq20231114214 |s2cid=265269649 |issn=0019-0365}}</ref>

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==Selected publications==


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==Selected Works==
* ''Image in Mind: Theism, Naturalism, and the Imagination'' (Continuum Studies In Philosophy Of Religion). London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013. With Jil Evans.
* ''Image in Mind: Theism, Naturalism, and the Imagination'' (Continuum Studies In Philosophy Of Religion). London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013. With Jil Evans.
* ''The Golden Cord: A Short Book on the Secular and the Sacred''. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press, 2012.
* ''The Golden Cord: A Short Book on the Secular and the Sacred''. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press, 2012.
* ''The Routledge Companion to Theism''. New York: Routledge, 2012. Edited, with Victoria Harrison and Steward Goetz.
* ''The Routledge Companion to Theism''. New York: Routledge, 2012. Edited, with Victoria Harrison and [[Stewart Goetz]].
* ''A Brief History of the Soul''. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. With Stewart Goetz.
* ''A Brief History of the Soul''. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. With Stewart Goetz.
* ''Turning Images in Philosophy, Science and Religion: A New Book of Nature''. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. With Jil Evans.
* ''Turning Images in Philosophy, Science and Religion: A New Book of Nature''. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. With Jil Evans.
* ''Esthetics: A Beginner's Guide''. London: Oneworld Publications, 2011.
* ''Aesthetics: A Beginner's Guide''. London: Oneworld Publications, 2011.
* ''A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion''. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2010. Editor, with Elsa Marty.
* ''A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion''. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2010. Editor, with Elsa Marty.
* ''A Companion to Philosophy of Religion'', 2nd Edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Editor, with Paul Draper and Philip Quinn.
* ''A Companion to Philosophy of Religion'', 2nd Edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Editor, with Paul Draper and Philip Quinn.
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==Additional Sources==
==External links==
* [http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/charles_taliaferro/bio.html About Talliaferro]
*[http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/charles_taliaferro/bio.html About Talliaferro]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110827062249/http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/philosophy/philfaculty/taliaferro.html St. Olaf Faculty Page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120115012223/http://www.faithfulresearch.com/About_Us.html Institute research page]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Taliaferro/e/B001IYXGBC Books]
* [http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/philosophy/philfaculty/September2011.pdf CV]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120115012223/http://www.faithfulresearch.com:80/About_Us.html Institute research page]


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Latest revision as of 14:41, 10 July 2024

Charles Taliaferro
BornAugust 25th, 1952
New York City
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
Main interests
Philosophy of religion, aesthetics, religion, philosophy of mind, ideal observer theory

Charles Taliaferro (born August 25th, 1952) is an American philosopher specializing in theology and philosophy of religion.

Biography

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Taliaferro received his Ph.D. and M.A. from Brown University, his M.T.S. at Harvard University, a M.A. at University of Rhode Island, and a B.A. from Goddard College.

He is an emeritus professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Faithful Research, and a member of the Royal Institute of Philosophy. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of twenty books, most recently The Image in Mind; Theism, Naturalism and the Imagination, co-authored with the American artist Jil Evans. He has been a visiting scholar or guest lecturer at a large number of universities, including Brown, Cambridge, Notre Dame, Oxford, Princeton, and the University of Chicago.[1][2][3] Since 2013 Taliaferro is editor-in-chief of the journal Open Theology.

Taliaferro has defended substance dualism.[4][5][6]

Selected publications

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  • Image in Mind: Theism, Naturalism, and the Imagination (Continuum Studies In Philosophy Of Religion). London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013. With Jil Evans.
  • The Golden Cord: A Short Book on the Secular and the Sacred. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press, 2012.
  • The Routledge Companion to Theism. New York: Routledge, 2012. Edited, with Victoria Harrison and Stewart Goetz.
  • A Brief History of the Soul. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. With Stewart Goetz.
  • Turning Images in Philosophy, Science and Religion: A New Book of Nature. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. With Jil Evans.
  • Aesthetics: A Beginner's Guide. London: Oneworld Publications, 2011.
  • A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2010. Editor, with Elsa Marty.
  • A Companion to Philosophy of Religion, 2nd Edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Editor, with Paul Draper and Philip Quinn.
  • The Cambridge Companion to Christian Philosophical Theology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Editor, with Chad Meister.
  • Dialogues about God (New Dialogues in Philosophy). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009.
  • Philosophy of Religion: A Beginner's Guide. London: Oneworld Publications, 2009.
  • Naturalism (Interventions). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2008. With Steart Goetz.
  • Is God Real? (RZIM Critical Questions Discussion Guides). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2007. With William Lane Craig.
  • Love, Love, Love: And Other Essays. Lanham, MD: Cowley Publications, 2006.
  • Evidence and Faith: Philosophy and Religion since the Seventeenth Century. (The Evolution of Modern Philosophy). New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • Cambridge Platonist Spirituality. (Classics of Western Spirituality). Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2004. With Alison Tepley and Jaroslav Pelikan.
  • Praying with C.S. Lewis (Companions for the Journey). Frederick, MN: Word Among Us Press, 2004.
  • Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. Editor, with Paul Griffiths.
  • Contemporary Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction. (Contemporary Philosophy) Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 1998.
  • Consciousness and the Mind of God. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

References

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  1. ^ "Charles Taliaferro". Bethel College. Archived from the original on 2013-11-29. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  2. ^ "Charles Taliaferro". Evangelical Philosophical Society. Archived from the original on 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  3. ^ "Charles Taliaferro". The Independent Institute. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  4. ^ Givens, Terryl L. (2012). "Reviewed Work: A Brief History of the Soul by Stewart Goetz, Charles Taliaferro". Church History. 81 (3): 656–658. JSTOR 23252345.
  5. ^ Taliaferro, Charles (2021). "Are We Embodied Souls?". Roczniki Filozoficzne. 69 (1): 83–88. JSTOR 27031918.
  6. ^ Mousavirad, Seyyed Jaaber; Philosophy Documentation Center (2023). "Coherence of Substance Dualism". International Philosophical Quarterly. 63 (1): 41–42. doi:10.5840/ipq20231114214. ISSN 0019-0365. S2CID 265269649.
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