Atheism & Theism

Abstract

The original invitation to engage in a debate about atheism and theism was appealing. Although our principal areas of philosophical activity lie outwith philosophy of religion per se, we are each deeply engaged by issues in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind which bear directly on such questions as whether regularity and intelligibility have or need an explanation; and if they need one, what the form of this might be. Beyond that, we are each personally engaged by such questions as whether the fact that there is anything at all indicates a supernatural cause, and whether intimations of apparent meaning in human experience signify some objectively transcendent point or purpose. As