Agents Under Fire

Angus Menuge is associate professor of philosophy and associate director of the Cranach Institute at Concordia University Wisconsin. He holds a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Warwick, an M.A. and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a DCA in Christian Apologetics from the International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism, and Human Rights. Dr. Menuge is editor of three books, C. S. Lewis: Lightbearer in the Shadowlands (Crossway Books, 1997), Christ and Culture in Dialogue (Concordia Publishing House, 1999) and Reading God's World: The Vocation of Scientist (Concordia Publishing House, forthcoming).

• Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 Skyhooks and Cranes: The Challenge of ReductionismChapter 4 Strong Agent Reductionism: Materialism and the Rationality of ScienceChapter 5 Weak Agent Reductionism: Science and the Rationality of MaterialismChapter 6 Bait and Switch: Indirectness and Biological UnityChapter 7 The Alchemy of the Mind: Indirectness and Psychological UnityChapter 8 Beyond Skinnerian Creatures: A Defense of the Lewis-Plantinga Argument Against Evolutionary NaturalismChapter 9 Intentionality, Information and Displacement: The Legitimacy of DesignChapter 10 Science and Christianity: Dogmatism and DialogueChapter 11 IndexChapter 12 About the Author

This book moves sharply against the grain of the naturalism and the materialism that dominate contemporary philosophy. It boldly portrays the world as laced with purpose, not just human purpose but divine purpose too. All readers can attend to this adventurous portrayal with very good purpose.