Kitcher

The New Atheists would have nothing to do with them, but Kitcher is inclined to cut them some slack.

Michael Ruse: Religion As Morality: Is This the Way Forward in the Science-Religion Debate? Michael Ruse 2010

And unless you are prepared to give Christians the possibility of such an argument here, as I am and Kitcher is not, then they are not going to be interested.

Michael Ruse: Religion As Morality: Is This the Way Forward in the Science-Religion Debate? Michael Ruse 2010

Basically, I just don't think that Kitcher is offering enough to believers to get them to take his position seriously.

Michael Ruse: Religion As Morality: Is This the Way Forward in the Science-Religion Debate? Michael Ruse 2010

The New Atheists would have nothing to do with them, but Kitcher is inclined to cut them some slack.

Michael Ruse: Religion As Morality: Is This the Way Forward in the Science-Religion Debate? Michael Ruse 2010

Basically, I just don't think that Kitcher is offering enough to believers to get them to take his position seriously.

Michael Ruse: Religion As Morality: Is This the Way Forward in the Science-Religion Debate? Michael Ruse 2010

And unless you are prepared to give Christians the possibility of such an argument here, as I am and Kitcher is not, then they are not going to be interested.

Michael Ruse: Religion As Morality: Is This the Way Forward in the Science-Religion Debate? Michael Ruse 2010

Recall Kitcher's basic picture: when I acquire the belief that, say, whether salt is hexed is causally irrelevant to whether it dissolves and that whether it is placed in water is causally relevant,

Scientific Explanation Woodward, James 2009

In his later work, such as Kitcher 1989, he uses unification as the overarching model for explanation both in science and mathematics:

Explanation in Mathematics Mancosu, Paolo 2008

I only just found out that Jerry Fodor recently debated Philip Kitcher on the merits of Darwinism, specifically the value of natural selection in an explanatory capacity.

Against Darwinism 2009

For a start, Kitcher does not use Gould's terminology of "Magisteria," meaning domains of understanding.

Michael Ruse: Religion As Morality: Is This the Way Forward in the Science-Religion Debate? Michael Ruse 2010