Paul K. Moser (born 1957 in

Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck () is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the state's second-most populous city, after Fargo. The city's population was 73,622 in the 2020 census, while its metropolitan popula ...

) is an American philosopher who writes on

epistemology Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Episte ...

and the

philosophy of religion Philosophy of religion is "the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts involved in religious traditions". Philosophical discussions on such topics date from ancient times, and appear in the earliest known texts concerning ph ...

. Moser is Professor of Philosophy at

Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Chicago (Loyola or LUC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Cathol ...

and a former editor of the ''

American Philosophical Quarterly The ''American Philosophical Quarterly'' (APQ) is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering philosophy. It was established in 1964 by Nicholas Rescher and is published quarterly by University of Illinois Press under license with North American Phil ...

''. Critics have described Moser as a sceptic of

natural theology Natural theology, once also termed physico-theology, is a type of theology that seeks to provide arguments for theological topics (such as the existence of a deity) based on reason and the discoveries of science. This distinguishes it from ...

and a reformed

epistemologist Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Episte ...

. Moser has described himself as an

evidentialist Evidentialism is a thesis in epistemology which states that one is justified to believe something if and only if that person has evidence which supports said belief. Evidentialism is, therefore, a thesis about which beliefs are justified and which ...

Works

* ''Empirical Justification'' (1986, D Reidel) * ''Human Knowledge'' (ed.) (1987, Oxford University Press) * ''Divine Hiddenness: New Essays'' (ed.) (2001, Cambridge University Press) * ''The Elusive God'' (2008, Cambridge University Press) * ''Jesus and Philosophy: New Essays'' (ed.) (2009, Cambridge University Press) * ''The Evidence for God: Religious Knowledge Reexamined'' (2010, Cambridge University Press) * ''The Severity of God: Religion and Philosophy Reconceived'' (2013, Cambridge University Press) * ''Understanding Religious Experience: From Conviction to Life's Meaning'' (2019, Cambridge University Press) * ''The God Relationship: The Ethics for Inquiry about the Divine'' (2017, Cambridge University Press) * ''The Divine Goodness of Jesus: Impact and Response'' (2021, Cambridge University Press)

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