Author: David Berman
David Berman is Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College, University of Dublin. This article is excerpted from his Introduction to Atheism in Britain, five volumes of eighteenth and nineteenth century texts, recently published by Thoemmes Press, Bristol, distribution in the U.S.A.: 22883 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, Virginia 2O166.
The Character Option
I know, or at least firmly believe, that I am a person whose name is David Berman. I also believe that I am the same person now as I was an hour ago or ten years ago. Why? Because I believe I can remember my past actions and other happenings in my life. This is …
Atheism and Inquiry
There has been a strong tendency among historians, including the present writer, to see the debate between religion and irreligion as one of conflict or “warfare,” especially as it developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Yet there is a more humane way of seeing it—at least from the side of the unbeliever—namely as therapy. …
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