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  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Peter van Inwagen is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields of study, notably including philosophy, sociology and political science, history and philosophy of science, experimental and cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work frequently addresses a variety of topics, such as:

  • Theology and Philosophy of Evil
  • Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
  • Evolution and Science Education
  • Medieval Philosophy and Theology
  • Augustinian Studies and Theology
  • Philosophy and Theoretical Science
  • Free Will and Agency

Peter van Inwagen has published several papers in notable academic venues. Some recent papers include:

  • "Richard Cartwright on Logic and the Trinity," 2022, TheoLogica An International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology
  • "Improvable Creations," 2023, TheoLogica An International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology
  • "If New York Is Not in the United States, It's in California," 2022, Journal of the American Philosophical Association
  • "Возможность воскресения," 2023, Philosophy Journal of the Higher School of Economics
  • "Falsity and untruth," 2024, Religious Studies

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • TheoLogica An International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology
  • Noûs
  • Journal of the American Philosophical Association
  • Philosophy Journal of the Higher School of Economics

Collaborations feature several recurring coauthors, including:

  • John Hawthorne
  • Nathan Salmón
  • Theodore Sider
  • Cian Dorr
  • Hector-Neri Castan

In 2005, Peter van Inwagen was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Best Publications

  • An Essay on Free Will

    Peter van Inwagen

  • The Incompatibility of Free Will and Determinism

    Peter Van Inwagen

  • The Problem of Evil

    Peter van Inwagen

  • THE DOCTRINE OF ARBITRARY UNDETACHED PARTS

    Peter Van Inwagen

  • Free Will Remains a Mystery

    Peter van Inwagen

  • How to Think about the Problem of Free Will

    Peter van Inwagen

  • WHEN IS THE WILL FREE

    Peter van Inwagen

  • Four-Dimensional Objects

    Peter van Inwagen

  • Composition as Identity

    Peter van Inwagen

  • Ability and Responsibility

    Peter van Inwagen

  • Symposia papers: Four-dimensional objects

    Peter van Inwagen

  • Freedom to Break the Laws

    Peter Van Inwagen

  • The possibility of resurrection

    Peter Van Inwagen

  • Materialism and the Psychological‐Continuity Account of Personal Identity

    Peter Van Inwagen

  • Being, existence, and ontological commitment

    Peter Van Inwagen

  • Metaphysics: The Big Questions

    Peter Van Inwagen;Dean W. Zimmerman

  • 3. The Problem of Evil, the Problem of Air, and the Problem of Silence

    Peter Van Inwagen

  • Against Middle Knowledge

    Peter Van Inwagen

  • Why I don't understand substitutional quantification

    Peter van Inwagen

  • Persons: Human and Divine

    Peter Van Inwagen;Dean W. Zimmerman

  • Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free will Worth Wanting.

    Peter van Inwagen;Daniel C. Dennett

  • The Problem of Evil: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews in 2003

    Peter Van Inwagen

  • Naming, Necessity, and Natural Kinds

    Unknown

  • Identity, Consciousness and Value.

    Peter van Inwagen;Peter Unger

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel C. Dennett
Daniel C. Dennett Tufts University

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