Trent Dougherty
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Location | New York, United States |
| Introduction | I'm a Philosophy professor at Baylor University. While a grad student in Philosophy at the University of Rochester I blended the work of my mentors there: Henry Kyburg, Richard Feldman and Earl Conee, and Ed Wierenga. The upshot is the application of a probabilistic theory of evidence applied to religion. I've got a great wife and four great kids who hike and bike and ski with me, kayak and canoe too. |
| Interests | Anything outdoors: rock climbing, mountain biking, back country skiing, canoeing, kayaking, ice climbing, snowshoeing, mountaineering, hiking, backpacking, fastpacking etc. |
| Favorite movies | Amistad, Monty Python, The Princess Bride, LOTR, Good Will Hunting, X-men |
| Favorite music | The Reverend Ralph Stanley, Son Volt, Wilco, true indy rock, selected White Stripes, selected Red Hot Chili Peppers, India Arie, and other soulful chics. |
| Favorite books | One book on a desert island: Summa Theologica, Saint Thomas Aquinas Favorite to read: God in the Dock, C.S. Lewis. Analytic Philosophy: The Nature of Necessity by Alvin Plantinga or God, Knowledge, and Mystery by Peter van Inwagen. Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle's Ethics. Epic Poetry: Dante's Divine Comedy. Modern Poetry: Seamus Heaney, Charles Simic Fantasy: LOTR Historical Fiction: Little House on the Prairie (series) Novel: The Brothers Karamozov |

