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Anders Kraal

Lecturer
email anders.kraal@ubc.ca
location_on Buchanan E 158
Research Area
History of Philosophy | Logic/Philosophy of Logic

About

Office Hours – 2024S term 1

  • Wednesdays, 9:00am – 10:00am
  • Thursdays, 12:00pm – 1:00pm (by appointment)
  • Location: BUCH E158

Dr Anders Kraal joined the Department of Philosophy at UBC in 2015. He has published papers in various areas of philosophy, including the history and philosophy of logic, the philosophy of religion, and the history of early modern philosophy. He has a particular interest in the Problem of Evil, and the philosophical writings of David Hume, Soren Kierkegaard, and Bertrand Russell.

Teaching

Publications

The Problem of God in David Hume. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. 

“Paul Holmer and the Religious Interpretation of Kierkegaard”, in Paul Holmer: Cutting Through Philosophy and Theology, ed. Tim Labron (London: Bloomsbury, 2023), 101-122.

“Hume on Religion” (co-authored with Paul Russell), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Spring 2017 Edition), ed. Edward N. Zalta, URL = <h^ps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume- religion/>

“The philosophical target of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason: Humean scepticism or Spinozistic naturalism?’ In V. R. Rosaleny, P. J. Smith (eds.), Sceptical Doubt and Disbelief in Modern European Thought (New York and Dordecht: Springer, 2020), 227-245.

“Critical Notice: James A. Harris’ Hume: An Intellectual Biography”, Canadian Journal of Philosophy 48 (1):129-141.

“Anglicanism, Scottish Presbyterianism, and the Irreligious Aim of Hume’s Treatise,” Hume Studies 39 (2):169-196.

“A Humean Objection to Plantinga’s Quantitative Free Will Defense”, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 73 (3):221-233.

“Has Plantinga buried Mackie’s logical argument from evil?” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 75: 189–196.

“Is the Existence of the Best Possible World Logically Impossible?”, International Philosophical Quarterly 53 (1):37-46.

“Philo’s Argument from Evil in Hume’s Dialogues X: A Semantic Interpretation”, Sophia 52 (4):573-592.

“Valla-style determinism and the intellectual background of Luther’s De servo arbitrio“, Harvard Theological Review 108 (3): 402-422.

“Luther’s necessitarian argument in De servo arbitrio“, Religious Studies 52 (1):81-95.

“The Emergence of Logical Formalization in the Philosophy of Religion: Genesis, Crisis, Rehabilitation”, History and Philosophy of Logic 34 (4):351 – 366.

“Logic and Divine Simplicity”, Philosophy Compass 6 (4), 282-294.

“The Aim of Russell’s Early Logicism: A Reinterpretation”, Synthese 191 (7):1-18.

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Anders Kraal

Lecturer
email anders.kraal@ubc.ca
location_on Buchanan E 158
Research Area
History of Philosophy | Logic/Philosophy of Logic

About

Office Hours – 2024S term 1

  • Wednesdays, 9:00am – 10:00am
  • Thursdays, 12:00pm – 1:00pm (by appointment)
  • Location: BUCH E158

Dr Anders Kraal joined the Department of Philosophy at UBC in 2015. He has published papers in various areas of philosophy, including the history and philosophy of logic, the philosophy of religion, and the history of early modern philosophy. He has a particular interest in the Problem of Evil, and the philosophical writings of David Hume, Soren Kierkegaard, and Bertrand Russell.

Teaching

Publications

The Problem of God in David Hume. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. 

“Paul Holmer and the Religious Interpretation of Kierkegaard”, in Paul Holmer: Cutting Through Philosophy and Theology, ed. Tim Labron (London: Bloomsbury, 2023), 101-122.

“Hume on Religion” (co-authored with Paul Russell), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Spring 2017 Edition), ed. Edward N. Zalta, URL = <h^ps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume- religion/>

“The philosophical target of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason: Humean scepticism or Spinozistic naturalism?’ In V. R. Rosaleny, P. J. Smith (eds.), Sceptical Doubt and Disbelief in Modern European Thought (New York and Dordecht: Springer, 2020), 227-245.

“Critical Notice: James A. Harris’ Hume: An Intellectual Biography”, Canadian Journal of Philosophy 48 (1):129-141.

“Anglicanism, Scottish Presbyterianism, and the Irreligious Aim of Hume’s Treatise,” Hume Studies 39 (2):169-196.

“A Humean Objection to Plantinga’s Quantitative Free Will Defense”, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 73 (3):221-233.

“Has Plantinga buried Mackie’s logical argument from evil?” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 75: 189–196.

“Is the Existence of the Best Possible World Logically Impossible?”, International Philosophical Quarterly 53 (1):37-46.

“Philo’s Argument from Evil in Hume’s Dialogues X: A Semantic Interpretation”, Sophia 52 (4):573-592.

“Valla-style determinism and the intellectual background of Luther’s De servo arbitrio“, Harvard Theological Review 108 (3): 402-422.

“Luther’s necessitarian argument in De servo arbitrio“, Religious Studies 52 (1):81-95.

“The Emergence of Logical Formalization in the Philosophy of Religion: Genesis, Crisis, Rehabilitation”, History and Philosophy of Logic 34 (4):351 – 366.

“Logic and Divine Simplicity”, Philosophy Compass 6 (4), 282-294.

“The Aim of Russell’s Early Logicism: A Reinterpretation”, Synthese 191 (7):1-18.

Anders Kraal

Lecturer
email anders.kraal@ubc.ca
location_on Buchanan E 158
Research Area
History of Philosophy | Logic/Philosophy of Logic
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Office Hours – 2024S term 1

  • Wednesdays, 9:00am – 10:00am
  • Thursdays, 12:00pm – 1:00pm (by appointment)
  • Location: BUCH E158

Dr Anders Kraal joined the Department of Philosophy at UBC in 2015. He has published papers in various areas of philosophy, including the history and philosophy of logic, the philosophy of religion, and the history of early modern philosophy. He has a particular interest in the Problem of Evil, and the philosophical writings of David Hume, Soren Kierkegaard, and Bertrand Russell.

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The Problem of God in David Hume. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. 

“Paul Holmer and the Religious Interpretation of Kierkegaard”, in Paul Holmer: Cutting Through Philosophy and Theology, ed. Tim Labron (London: Bloomsbury, 2023), 101-122.

“Hume on Religion” (co-authored with Paul Russell), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Spring 2017 Edition), ed. Edward N. Zalta, URL = <h^ps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume- religion/>

“The philosophical target of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason: Humean scepticism or Spinozistic naturalism?’ In V. R. Rosaleny, P. J. Smith (eds.), Sceptical Doubt and Disbelief in Modern European Thought (New York and Dordecht: Springer, 2020), 227-245.

“Critical Notice: James A. Harris’ Hume: An Intellectual Biography”, Canadian Journal of Philosophy 48 (1):129-141.

“Anglicanism, Scottish Presbyterianism, and the Irreligious Aim of Hume’s Treatise,” Hume Studies 39 (2):169-196.

“A Humean Objection to Plantinga’s Quantitative Free Will Defense”, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 73 (3):221-233.

“Has Plantinga buried Mackie’s logical argument from evil?” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 75: 189–196.

“Is the Existence of the Best Possible World Logically Impossible?”, International Philosophical Quarterly 53 (1):37-46.

“Philo’s Argument from Evil in Hume’s Dialogues X: A Semantic Interpretation”, Sophia 52 (4):573-592.

“Valla-style determinism and the intellectual background of Luther’s De servo arbitrio“, Harvard Theological Review 108 (3): 402-422.

“Luther’s necessitarian argument in De servo arbitrio“, Religious Studies 52 (1):81-95.

“The Emergence of Logical Formalization in the Philosophy of Religion: Genesis, Crisis, Rehabilitation”, History and Philosophy of Logic 34 (4):351 – 366.

“Logic and Divine Simplicity”, Philosophy Compass 6 (4), 282-294.

“The Aim of Russell’s Early Logicism: A Reinterpretation”, Synthese 191 (7):1-18.