David White
Education
Cornell University, M.A., Ph.D., 1973
Colgate University, B.A., 1969
magna cum laude, high honors in philosophy, Phi Beta Kappa
Employment
St. John Fisher College, 1977-
University of Lagos, 1977-78
Dissertation
"Natural Theology in Bishop Butler's Analogy of Religion."Argues that Butler succeeds in
shifting the burden of proof to the unbeliever, and that such an appeal is rationally
sufficient for all practical purposes of religion.
Book
The Works of Bishop Butler, edited by David E. White (URP, 2006).
Journal Articles and Reviews
"Bishop Butler on Salvation" in Proceedings of the 21st World Congress of Philosophy.
“Bishop Butler and Bing Crosby” to appear in Proceedings of the Hofstra Conference
“Bishop Butler and Jonathan Edwards,” to appear
“Guide to Butler Studies,” published on CD by the University of Hawaii Humanities
Conference, 2004.
"Epicurus and Bishop Butler," in Epicurus: His Continuing Influence and Contemporary
Relevance, ed. Gordon and Suits, Rochester: Cary Press (RIT), 2003.
Review of God, Reason and Theistic Proofs by Stephen T. Davis. Philosophy in Review
XIX (1999).
Review of The Journalist in Plato's Cave by Jay Newman. Teaching Philosophy 13 (1990)
409-411.
Review of Anselmian Explorations by Thomas V. Morris. Philosophical Review XCIX
(1990) 109-111.
Review of Penelhum's Butler. Faith and Philosophy (1988)
"Objectivity as a Jounalistic Virtue." Journal of Social Philosophy16 (1985) 13-19.
"Slippery Slope Arguments." Metaphilosophy, 1985.
"Medical Morals and Narrative Necessity," in The Intersection of Science Fiction and
Philosophy: Critical Studies, edited by Robert E. Myers. Greewood Press, 1983.
"An Argument for God's Existence." International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 1979.
"The Problem of Evil." Second Order, 1975.