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Selected Publications by Jim Cook

I. Theses

Selected Theses Chapters:

An Analysis and Critical Study of Alvin Plantinga’s Account of Reformed Epistemology

     •     Introduction (M.A Thesis, 1995 - Plantinga’s Epistemology)

     •     Chapter 1 Summary of “Reason and Belief in God”

     •     Chapter 2 Critical Responses: The Evidentialist Objection

     •     Chapter 3 Critical Responses: Foundationalism & the Reformed Objection to Natural Theology

     •     Chapter 4 Critical Responses: Is Belief in God Properly Basic?

     •     Chapter 5 Direct Analysis and Conclusions

     •     Addendum: Plantinga’s More Recent Work

An Evaluation of Norman Geisler’s Philosophical Apologetic (System)

     •     Introduction (M.A. Thesis, 1983 Geisler’s Apologetics)

     •     Chapter 1 The Meaning of Religious Language

     •     Chapter 2 The Truthfulness of Christian Assertions

     •     Chapter 3 Pilot (Empirical) Study of the Effectiveness of Geisler’s Theistic Argument

II.  Sample Response Papers

     •     Response to Harrison-Carter’s Internalist Pluralism (Oral "defeater" Presentation)

     •     Response to Guminski (Part 1, "Defeater" Paper)

     •     Response to Guminski (Part 2, "Defeater-Defeater" Paper)

III. Selected Reviews & Review Essays

     •     Love the Lord Your God with All Your Mind by J.P. Moreland (Review)

     •     Reason Within the Bounds of Religion by Nicholas Wolterstorff (Review Essay)

IV.  Other Selected Popular Papers and Articles for Christian Professors

     •     Faith and Reason

     •     Jesus and Academic Culture, Part 4

     •     Jesus and Academic Culture, Part 5

     •     Worldview and “Thinking Christianly,” Part 1

     •     Worldview and “Thinking Christianly,” Part 2

V. Podcasts

     •     Jesus and Academic Culture (Series of 8 Podcasts)

VI. Other Academic Presentations

     •     Link to Abstracts

VII. College Level Courses Taught (for grade and credit)

     •     Philosohpical Inquiry (CCU)

     •     Personal & Social Ethics (CCU)

         •     Business Ethics (CCU)

         •     Philosophy of Religion (Dayspring Study Center—for credit only at CU)

VIII. Selected Presentation Slides

     •     General

          •     Overview of Philosophical Ethics (Powerpoint Slides)

          •     Moral Statements (short version - Keynote Slides)

          •     Two Basic Forms of Postmodernism (Keynote Slides)

          •     An Introduction to Christ and Academic Culture (Keynote Slides)

          •     A Brief Summary of the History of Philosophical Ideas (Powerpoint Slides)

     •     Specific People

          •     Descartes

               •     Descartes Introduction

               •     Descartes Details

          •     Hume’s Epistemology

               •     Introduction

               •     Hume's Epistemology 1

               •     Hume's Epistemology 2

               •     Hume's Epistemology 3

          •     Kant’s Epistemology

               •     The Big Picture

               •     Synthetic A Priori in Math

               •     Synthetic A Priori in Physics

               •     Regulative Use of Reason

               •     Facts and Values