PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: A contemporary introduction

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Annotated reading

Donagan, Alan (1987) Choice: The Essential Element in Human Action, London:
Routledge and Kegan Paul. Argues for a view of persons as enduring free agents.
Hoffman, Joshua and Rosenkrantz, Gary S. (1994) Substance Among Other
Categories, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Discusses various views of
what a substance is, objections to these views, and arguments for them.
Hoffman, Joshua and Rosenkrantz, Gary S. (1997) Substance: Its Nature and
Existence, London: Routledge. See previous reference.
Lowe, E. J. (1989) Kinds of Being, Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Discusses substance
theories and competing theories, arguments for and against each.
Lowe, E. J. (1996) Subjects of Experience, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
See previous reference.
Parfit, Derek (1984) Reasons and Persons, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Defends a Buddhist-type account of persons.