Conjunctive Explanations in Science and Religion

Diarmid A. Finnegan is a Reader in the Geography, the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.David H. Glass is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing at Ulster University, Northern Ireland.Mikael Leidenhag is a Research Fellow in the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.David N. Livingstone is a Professor in Geography, the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

“[Conjunctive Explanations in Science and Religion] exemplifies outstanding scholarship in science, religion, and science and religion since all authors are erudite in multiple disciplines and skilful in conveying their positions in a persuasive manner. […] This book serves as an excellent guide to navigating one of the most fundamental questions in the field of science and religion, namely the meaning of explanation and its various levels […] Readers who can unpack this book will undoubtedly profit much from its rich content and wide scope.”- Zishang Yue in Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences“This edited volume explores the potential of conjunctive explanations formed by conjoining scientific and religious explanations. […] In sum, although not all the chapters of this volume are intimately connected to the notion of conjunctive explanation, each of them is an insightful and thought-provoking contribution to the science-religion dialogue.”- Matthias Egg in Science & Christian Belief

• Conjunctive Explanations in Science and Religion: An IntroductionDiarmid A. Finnegan, David H. Glass, Mikael Leidenhag and David N. LivingstoneCONVERSATION I Explanation in Science and Religion1 Conjunctive Explanations: How Science and Religion Can Work TogetherDavid H. GlassConjuctive Explanations: A ResponseAku Visala2 Agents as Difference Makers, or Why Many Human Actions Have Mental CausesAku VisalaAgents as Difference Makers: A ResponseDavid H. GlassCONVERSATION II Designing Darwinism3 The Telos of Darwin’s Troubling Metaphor: Darwin’s Pigeons, Dennett’s Cranes, Fodor’s GrannyDavid N. LivingstoneThe Telos of Darwin’s Troubling Metaphor: A ResponseE. V. Rope Kojonen4 Asa Gray vs. Charles Darwin: Evaluating the Darwinian Case against Conjunctive ExplanationsE. V. Rope KojonenAsa Gray vs. Charles Darwin: A Response David N. LivingstoneCONVERSATION III Irreducibilities, Material and Mental 5 God, Consciousness and Conjunctive ExplanationsJoanna LeidenhagGod, Consciousness and Conjunctive Explanations: A ResponseTom Mcleish6 Complementary Causation and Emergence: A Substrate for Conjunctive ExplanationsTom McleishComplementary Causation and Emergence: A ResponseJoanna LeidenhagCONVERSATION IV Divine Causes and Mental Beliefs7 A Conjunctive Explanation About Psychopathology? Hearing Voices, Psychosis and Religious ExperienceAnastasia Philippa ScruttonA Conjunctive Explanation about Psychopathology? A ResponseAndrew Torrance8 A Conjunctive Explanation of the Mental Phenomenon of Christian FaithAndrew TorranceA Conjunctive Explanation of the Mental Phenomenon of Christian Faith: A ResponseAnastasia Philippa ScruttonCONVERSATION V The (Im)possibility of Theological Explanations9 Are Theological Explanations Superfluous? The Cognitive Science of Religion and Ockham’s RazorGijsbert Van Den BrinkAre Theological Explanations Superfluous? A ResponseDavid O. Brown10 A Re-Evaluation of Non-Overlapping MagisteriaDavid O. BrownA Re-Evaluation of Non-Overlapping Magisteria: A ResponseGijsbert Van Den BrinkCONVERSATION VI Explanatory Virtues: Theological Explorations11 John Polkinghorne on Conjunctive ExplanationStephen N. WilliamsJohn Polkinghorne on Conjunctive Explanation: A ResponseAlister Mcgrath12 An Explanatory MosaicAlister McgrathAn Explanatory Mosaic: A ResponseStephen N. Williams