Neil Manson is Professor of Philosophy with a focus on philosophy of religion. He regularly teaches Introduction to Philosophy, Logic, Philosophy of Religion, and Environmental Philosophy.
Research Interests
Manson's central research interests are in philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, metaphysics, and environmental philosophy. His central research focus concerns scientific arguments for the existence of God.
Biography
Neil A. Manson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mississippi, where he has taught for over twenty years. His central research interests concern the intersection of philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, and metaphysics - specifically, the Design Argument. In addition to editing God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern Science (Routledge, 2003), he has authored numerous articles on the topic. He also co-edited (with Robert Barnard) The Bloomsbury Companion to Metaphysics (Bloomsbury, 2012). Most recently he authored This Is Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction (Wiley & Sons, 2021). He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Syracuse University (1998) and was both Gifford Fellow in Natural Theology at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland (1999-2001) and a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame (2001-2002).
Publications
A reader-friendly introduction to the essential concepts, theories, and questions in analytic philosophy of religion
Does God exist? If so, what is God's relationship to us? Do we have free will? This is Philosophy of Religion surveys foundational topics in the philosophy of religion using a clear and accessible style.
God and Design
The Teleological Argument and Modern Science
Edited By Neil A. Manson
The Bloomsbury Companion to Metaphysics
Edited By Neil A. Manson and Robert W. Barnard
Courses Taught
- PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL 103 Logic - Critical Thinking
- PHIL 319 Symbolic Logic
- PHIL 328 Biomedical Ethics
- PHIL 345 Environmental Ethics
- PHIL 351 Philosophy of Religion
- PHIL 460 Philosophical Topics in Religion
- PHIL 665 Philosophy of Science
Education
B.A. Philosophy, University of Maryland-College Park (1989)
M.A. Philosophy, Syracuse University Main Campus (1998)
Ph.D. Philosophy, Syracuse University Main Campus (1998)