Herman Philipse elabora rigorosi argomenti filosofici che difendono i valori illuministi della ragione e del liberalismo. Esamina criticamente sia l'idealismo trascendentale che il riduzionismo scientista, rivelandone le intrinseche incoerenze logiche. Il lavoro di Philipse promuove una visione del mondo naturalistica, sottolineando il ruolo essenziale dei concetti umani ordinari che lo scientismo cerca di scartare. La sua difesa pubblica dell'ateismo e del rigore intellettuale rende i suoi contributi distintivi e stimolanti.
Combines philosophical investigations concerning the truth of religious convictions with empirical research on the origins and functions of religious beliefs. This book focuses on two core questions: (1) How probable is it that any particular god exists? (2) How should we account for the occurrence of religious beliefs in human societies?
Herman Philipse puts forward a powerful new critique of belief in God. He examines the strategies that have been used for the philosophical defence of religious belief, and by careful reasoning casts doubt on the legitimacy of relying on faith instead of evidence, and on probabilistic arguments for the existence of God.
This text interprets and evaluates the topic of Martin Heidegger's philosphy in the context of the full range of Heidegger's thought. With this comprehensive approach, Herman Philipse distinguishes the center from the periphery, the essential from the incidental in Heidegger's philosophy. Among other achievements this allows him to shed light on the controversial relationship between Heidegger's life and thought - in particular the connections between his philosophy and his involvement with Nazism.