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    Bradley Monton

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy

    b. 1970

    Bradley Monton is a contemporary American philosopher of science and analytic philosopher of religion, known for his work on philosophy of physics, probability, and atheistic defenses of intelligent design as a legitimate scientific hypothesis. A professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, he has contributed to debates on Pascal's Wager, the fine-tuning argument, and the demarcation problem between science and non-science.

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    Authored 'Seeking God in Science: An Atheist Defends Intelligent Design' (2009)

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    Defended refinements to Pascal's Wager decision matrix

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    Contributed to philosophy of physics, especially on the interpretation of quantum mechanics and time

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    Edited 'Images of Empiricism: Essays on Science and Stances' on Bas van Fraassen's philosophy

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    Advanced work on probability theory and its applications in philosophy of religion

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    Pascal's original decision matrix is insufficiently fine-grained because the 'God does not exist' column should be subdivided into additional theistic hypotheses.

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