PAUL
DRAPER
(Ph.D.,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
IRVINE)
Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199
Office: DM 439
fax: (305) 348-1799
email: draperp@fiu.edu
Areas of Interest: Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Science, Confirmation Theory
Please note that Professor Draper is now Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. His Purdue web page can be found here.Selected Publications:
- “God, Science, and Naturalism,” in the Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Religion, ed. William J. Wainwright, Oxford Reference Library of Philosophy, ed. Paul K. Moser (Oxford University Press, 2005), pp.272-303.
- “Cosmic Fine-Tuning and Terrestrial Suffering: Parallel Problems for Naturalism and Theism,” American Philosophical Quarterly 41.4 (Oct. 2004), 311-321.
- “Irreducible Complexity and Darwinian Gradualism: A Reply to Michael J. Behe,” Faith and Philosophy 19 (Jan., 2002), 3-21.
- “The Skeptical Theist,” in The Evidential Argument from Evil, ed. Daniel Howard-Snyder (Indiana University Press, 1996), pp. 175-192.
- “Hume's Reproduction Parody of the Design Argument,” History of Philosophy Quarterly 8 (1991), 135-148.
- “Pain and Pleasure: An Evidential Problem for Theists,” Nous 23 (June, 1989), 331-350.