Neil Manson

Professor of Philosophy

Neil A Manson

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).

Neil A. Manson CV

Publications

Text book cover that reads: "This is Philosophy of Religion, An Introduction"

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

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)