Curriculum Vitae of Robert Alistair Larmer (Short Version)

Institutional Address: Department of University of New Brunswick P.O. Box 4400 Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada E3B 5A3 (Email: [email protected]) (Fax: 1-506-447-3072) (Phone: 1-506-453-4762)

Research: (Refereed work is indicated by an >R=)

Books (R) Dialogues on Miracle (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2015) (R) The Legitimacy of Miracle (Lanham:MD: Lexington Books, 2014) (R) in the Workplace: Selected Readings in Business Ethics, 2nd edition, (Los Angeles: Wadsworth Publishing, 2001) (R) Water Into Wine? An Investigation of the Concept of Miracle (Montreal: McGill- Queen's Press, 1988; rpt. 1996). (R) Ethics in the Workplace: Selected Readings in Business Ethics (New York: West Educational Publishing, 1996) (R) Questions of Miracle (Montreal: McGill-Queen's Press, 1996)

Chapters in Books (R) The Meaning of Miracle in The Cambridge Companion to Miracle, ed. Graham Twelftree, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011) (R) Miracles as Evidence for the Existence of God in God and Argument, ed. William Sweet (Ottawa: Press, 1999) (R) Improper Payments and Gifts@ in Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, Vol. 2, (Academic Press, 1998) (R) Whistleblowing and Employee Loyalty in Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Business Ethics and Society, edited Lisa H. Newton/Maureen M. Ford, 3rd-9th editions (Guilford, Connecticut: Dushkin, 1994-2007)

Articles in Academic Journals (R) “Theistic Evolution, Intelligent Design, and the Charge of Deism” Philosophia Christi. Vol. 20, No. 2, 2018. 415-428. (R) “Decretalism and the Laws of Nature” Philosophia Christi. Vol. 19, No. 2, 2017. 439-448. (R) “Everlasting Check or Philosophical Fiasco” International Journal for Philosophy of ,Vol. 83, No. 1, 2018. 97-110. (R) “Doubting Thomists and Intelligent Design” Sophia, Vol 56, 2017, 1-10. (R) “Special Divine Acts: Three Pseudo-Problems and One Red Herring” European Journal for Vol. 7, No. 4, 2015, 61-71. (R) “Special Divine Acts and the NIODA Project” Philosophia Christi, Vol 17. No. 1, 2015, 71-85. (R) “Miracles as Evidence for the Existence of God: A Response to Frank Jankunis” Dialogue, Vol. 53, No. 4, Dec. 2014, 611-622. (R) “Divine Intervention and the Conservation of Energy: A Reply to Evan Fales” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 75, No. 1, February 2014, 27-38. (R) “Larmer’s Newman Lecture on Miracles, Divine Agency and the Laws of Nature Responses and Replies” Toronto Journal of , Vol 28, No. 1, 2012, 145-174. (R) “Misunderstanding Hume’s Argument Against Miracle: A Response to Gregory L. Bock” Philosophia Christi, Vol 13, No.1, 2011, 155-164. (R) “Miracles, Divine Agency and the Laws of Nature” Toronto Journal of Theology, Vol 27, No 2, 2011. 267-290. (R) “Interpreting Hume on Miracle” . Vol. 45, No. 3, 2009, 325-338. (R) ADivine Agency and the Principle of the Conservation of Energy@ Zygon. Vol. 44, No. 3, 2009, 543-557. (R) “Miracles, Physicalism and the Laws of Nature”, Religious Studies, Vol 44, No. 2, 2008, 149-159 (R) AC.S. Lewis= Critique of David Hume=s >Of Miracles=@, Faith and Philosophy, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2008, 154-171. (R) Theistic Evolution and Intelligent Design: A Reply to Denis Lamoureux Christian Scholars’ Review, Vol 37, No. 1, 2007, 91-100. (R) “Intelligent Design as a Theistic theory of Biological Origins and Development” Christian Scholars’ Review, Vol 36, No. 1, 2006, pp. 47-61. (R) Theistic Complementarianism and Ockam=s Razor@, Philosophia Christi, Vol 7, No. 2, 2005, pp. 503-514. (R) Miracles: An Apology for Atheism? Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, Vol. XLIII, No. 3, Summer 2004, 555-568. (R) Is Methodological Naturalism Question Begging? Philosophia Christi, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2003, pp. 113-130. (R) AMiracles, Evidence and God@ Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, XLII, 2003, pp. 107-22. (R) Is There Anything Wrong with >God-of-the-Gaps Reasoning? International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol 52, 2002, pp. 129-142. (R) Mind, Miracles and Intelligent Design Origins and Design, Vol 39, Fall 2002, pp. 22- 30. (R) Christian Anthropology: Saving the Soul? Philosophia Christi, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2000, pp. 211-226. (R) "Miracles, Evil and Justified Belief: Some Final Comments" Sophia Vol. 36, No. 2, September-October 1997, pp. 79-87. (R) "The Ethics of Investing: A Reply to William Irvine" Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 16, 1997, pp. 397-400. (This article received the Anbar citation for excellence.) (R) "Corporate Executives: Disasters and Moral Responsibility" Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 15, No. 7, 1996, pp. 785-788. (R) "Abortion, Personhood and the Potential for Consciousness" Journal of Applied Ethics, Vol. 12, No. 3, 1995, pp. 241-251. (R) "Miracles, Evidence and Theism: A Further Apologia" Sophia Vol. 33, No. 1, March 1994, pp. 51-57. (R) "Does a Beginningless Universe Imply an Actual Infinity of Past Events?" Lyceum, Vol. 5, No. 2, Fall 1993, pp. 11-18. (R) "Anthropologie chrétienne: à reconsidérer de nouveau" Carrefour, Vol. XV, No. 1, 1993 (La Philosophie de la Religion à la Fin du XXe Siécle) pp. 13-25. (R) "Miracles and Conservation Laws: A Reply to Professor MacGill", Sophia, Vol. 31, 1992, pp. 89-95. (R) "Goodness & God's Will", Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Vol. 35, No. 2, (June 1992) pp. 193-198. (R) "Whistleblowing and Employee Loyalty", Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 11, 1991, pp. 125-28. (R) "Miracles and Natural Explanations: A Rejoinder", Sophia, Vol. 28, #3, (Oct. 1989) pp. 7-12. (R) "Against 'Against Miracles'", Sophia, Vol. 27, #1, (April 1988), pp. 20-25. (R) "Mind-Body Interaction and the Conservation of Energy", International Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 26, 1986, pp. 277-285. (R) "Free Will, Hegemony and Neurophysiological Indeterminism", Philosophia, Vol. 16 (August 1986), pp. 177-189. (R) "Miracles and the Laws of Nature", Dialogue, Vol. 24 (Summer 1985) pp. 227-235. (R) "Miracles and Criteria", Sophia, Vol. 23 (1984), pp. 4-10.

Book Reviews: Thomas Holden, Spectres of False Divinity: Hume’s Moral Atheism, Religious Studies, Vol. 46, No. 4, Dec. 2010. 541-545. Denis O. Lamoureux, Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to Evolution, Christian Scholars’ Review, Vol. 38, No. 4, Summer 2009 Peter van Inwagen, ed., Christian Faith and the Problem of Evil, Philosophy in Review, Vol XXV, No. 4, pp. 306-307. William Sweet, Religious Belief: The Contempory Debate, 2001 Dharma Endowment Lectures, Sophia, Vol. 43, No. 2, 2004, p. 73. Leo Groarke, The Ethics of the New Economy Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, Vol. XL, No. 1, Winter 2001, pp. 193-194. AMysticism and Vocation@ Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, Vol. 37, No. 3, 1998, pp. 367-369. "The Moral Maze" Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Vol. 15, No. 5, October, 1996 pp. 335-337) "Forever Faithful: The Unfolding of God's promise to Creation", The Canadian Catholic Review, Vol. XII, No. 7, July/August 1994, pp. 24-25) "Universe and Creed" The Canadian Catholic Review, Vol. XI, No. 7, July/August 1993, pp. 27-28) "The Irony of Theology and the Nature of Religious Thought" Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Vol. XII, No. 2, pp. 148-150. "Wisdom and Humanness in Psychology: Prospects for a Christian Approach" The Canadian Catholic Review, Vol. 10, No. 6, June 1992, pp. 26-7. "Body, Soul and Life Everlasting: Biblical Anthropology and the Monism-Dualism Debate" The Canadian Catholic Review, Vol. 10, No. 4, April 1992, p. 29. "God, Scepticism and Modernity" The Canadian Catholic Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, February 1991, pp. 70-1. "Return To Reason Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Vol. 11, No. 2, April 1991, pp. 96- 7. "Miracles and Physics" The Canadian Catholic Review, Vol. 8, No. 5, 1990, pp. 185-6. "The Reconstruction of the Christian Revelation Claim", Theological Students Fellowship Bulletin, Vol. 10, No. 5, 1987, p. 37. Metaphysics: Constructing a World-View, Channels, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1985, p. 17. Miracles and Modern Thought", Theological Students Fellowship Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 4, 1983, p. 22.

Encyclopedia Entries “Agency” Miracles: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Supernatural Events from Antiquity to the Present. Ed. Patrick J. Hayes (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2016) p. 5. “Annet, Peter” Miracles: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Supernatural Events from Antiquity to the Present. Ed. Patrick J. Hayes (Santa Barbara, California: ABC- CLIO, 2016) p. 7 “Price, Richard” Miracles: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Supernatural Events from Antiquity to the Present. Ed. Patrick J. Hayes (Santa Barbara, California: ABC- CLIO, 2016) pp. 331-332 “Sherlock, Thomas” Miracles: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Supernatural Events from Antiquity to the Present. Ed. Patrick J. Hayes (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2016) p. 354. “Whately, Richard” Miracles: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Supernatural Events from Antiquity to the Present. Ed. Patrick J. Hayes (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2016) p. 429. “Woolston, Thomas” Miracles: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Supernatural Events from Antiquity to the Present. Ed. Patrick J. Hayes (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2016) p. 432.

Keynote Addresses

“Miracles, Divine Agency, and the Laws of Nature” Canadian Theological Society Jay Newman Memorial Lecture, May 30, 2011. St. Thomas University, Congress of Learned Societies, Fredericton, New Brunswick.

“Methodological Naturalism and Christian Scholarship” Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers, May 29, 2012. University of Waterloo, Congress of Learned Societies, Waterloo, Ontario.

Conference Papers:

A: International “The Many Inadequate Justifications of Methodological Naturalism” Causality, Free Will and Special Divine Action Conference, International Academy of Philosophy, Vienna, September 12, 2017. “Do Miracles Require Extraordinary Evidence” Assumption College, Worcester Mass. March 17, 2015. (R) “Special Divine Acts: Three Pseudo-Problems and a Red Herring” Special Divine Acts Conference, Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, St. Anne’s College, Oxford, July 16, 2014. (R) “The Argument from Miracle as a Form of the Teleological Argument” Presented to the Evangelical Philosophical Society, Nov. 19, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland. (R) “Keener on Miracles” Presented to the Evangelical Theological Society, Nov. 18, 2012, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (R) “Divine Intervention and the Conservation of Energy: A Reply to Evan Fales” Presented to the Evangelical Philosophical Society, Nov 17, 2012 Minneapolis, Minnesota. (R) “Do Miracles Require Extraordinary Evidence” Presented to the Evangelical Philosophical Society, San Francisco, California, Nov. 17, 2011. (R) “Miracles, Models, and the Laws of Nature” Presented to the Evangelical Philosophical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, November 18, 2010., (R) “Christian Philosophy and Methodological Naturalism” Presented to the Evangelical Philosophical Society, New Orleans, November 19, 2009. (R) “C.S. Lewis’ Critique of Hume’s ‘Of Miracles’” Presented to the Evangelical Philosophical Society, Providence Rhode Island, November 19, 2008 (R) “Divine Agency and the Conservation of Energy”, God, Nature and Design, Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, St. Anne’s College, Oxford, Great Britain, July 12, 2008. (R) Interpreting Hume on Miracle Presented to the Evangelical Philosophical Society, Washington, D.C., November 17, 2006. (R) Theistic Complementarianism and Occams Razor Presented to the Evangelical Philosophical Society, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, November 18, 2005. (R) God’s Agency and the Principle of the Conservation of Energy Presented to the Evangelical Philosophical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, November 19, 2003. (R) Is There Anything Wrong With God of the Gap Reasoning Presented to the Evangelical Philosophical Society, Toronto, November 17, 2002. (R) Mind, Miracles and Intelligent Design, Presented at the Intelligent Design: Science and Theology in Consonance?@ Conference, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., September 16, 2000. (R) Miracles, Evidence and God Presented at the International Gifford Bequest Conference on Natural Theology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Scotland, May 26, 2000. (R) "Abortion, Personhood and the Potential for Consciousness" (Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Persons, Oxford University, August 19-23, 1995) (R) "Christian Anthropology: Rethinking our Rethinking" (Presented at the International Conference on Persons, St. Mary's, College, University of Notre Dame, U.S.A, September 26, 1993)

B: National (R) Theistic Evolution, Intelligent Design, and the Charge of Deism, Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers, 2019 Congress of Learned Societies, University of British Columbia, June 1, 2019. (R) Doubting Thomists and Intelligent Design, Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers, 2017 Congress of Learned Societies, Ryerson University, May 29, 2017. “Commentary on the Evidential Value of Cross-Cultural Religious Experiences”, Presented to the Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers, 2009 Congress of Learned Societies, , Ottawa, May 27, 2009. (R) Interpreting Hume on Miracle Presented to the Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers at the 2006 Congress of Learned Societies, York University, Toronto, June 1, 2006. (R) Peacocke and Polkinghorne on Divine Agency: A Critique Presented to the Canadian Philosophical Association at the 2004 Congress of Learned Societies, , May 30, 2004. (R) Intelligent Design as a Theistic Theory of Biological Origins Presented to the Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers at the 2004 Congress of Learned Societies, University of Manitoba, May 29, 2004. (R) Miracles: An Apology for Atheism? Presented as a joint paper for the Canadian Philosophical Association and the Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers at the 2003 Congress of Learned Societies, Dalhousie University, June 1. (R) Mind, Miracles and Intelligent Design, Presented to the Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers at the 2001 Congress of Learned Societies, University of Laval, May 27. (R) Miracles as Evidence for the Existence of God Presented to the Maritain Society at the 1997 Congress of Learned Societies, Memorial University June 2. (R) "David Hume and the Miraculous" (Presented to the Canadian Philosophical Association at the 1993 Congress of Leaned Societies, Carleton University, May 31. (R) "Some Inadequacies of Perspectivalism as a Christian Anthropology" (Presented to the Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers at the 1992 Congress of Learned Societies, University of Prince Edward Island, May 27. (R) "Goodness and God's Will" (Presented to the Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers at the 1990 Congress of Learned Societies, University of Victoria, May 28. (R) "Larmer on Miracles: A Reply to Professor MacGill" (Presented to the Canadian Philosophical Association at the 1989 Congress of Learned Societies, University of Laval, May 27.) (R) "Hume, Miracles, and the Laws of Nature" (Presented to the Canadian Philosophical Association at the 1988 Congress of Learned Societies, University of Windsor, May 28.)

C:Regional “Special Divine Acts: Three Pseudo-Problems and a Blind Alley” Phoenix Colloquium. Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB. January 15, 2015. “Theism, Evolution, and Human Nature” Biologos Creatures of God symposium, Crandall University, Moncton, NB. March 28, 2014. AIs Methodological Naturalism Question Begging@ Presented at the Atlantic Regional Philosophy Conference, University of Prince Edward Island, October 16, 2002. "Ethical Investing: A Reply to William Irvine" Presented at the Atlantic Regional Philosophy Conference, University of New Brunswick, October 16, 1995) AParapsychology and the Mind-Body Problem@ Presented at the Atlantic Regional Philosophy Conference, Mount Allison University, October 15, 1987)

Material Featured on the Evangelical Philosophical Society’s Website “The ‘Argument from Miracle: An Example of Ramified Natural Theology” http://epsociety.org/library/articles.asp?pid=209 Seven Part Series entitled Miracle: An Argument (Featured on the website of the Evangelical Philosophical Society http://blog.epsociety.org/2015/01/new-web-series- miracle- argument.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A +EpsBlog+%28EPS+Blog%29

Part 1: Miracles and the Laws of Nature Part 2: Miracles and the Principle of the Conservation of Energy. Part 3: Do Miracles Require Extraordinary Evidence? Part 4: Miracles and the Progress of Science. Part 5: Miracles as Inconsistent with the Perfection of God. Part 6: Miracles as Evidence for God. Part 7: Miracles and Christian Apologetics.

Interviews Interviewed for an episode on miracle for the Vision T.V. series Supernatural Investigators.

Other Research Contributions Consulting Specialist on the topic of >Miracle= for the Fields of Knowledge, Web-based Infography Project, 2001-present. Member of Editors/Advisory Board for Annual Editions: Business Ethics (Guilford, Ct.: Duskin) 1990-2006. Co-organizer of the >Intelligent Design: Science and Theology in Consonance Conference=. International conference held at the University of New Brunswick, September 16-17, 2000. Founding Fellow of the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design and member of their Editorial Board. Referee for the journals Compass, Christian Scholars= Review Dialogue, Human Relations, Journal of Business Ethics, Philosophia Christi, Religious Studies, and Sophia. Referee for the Canadian Philosophical Association. Referee for the Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers. Referee for the American Philosophical Association

Robert Larmer, June 30, 2019