ABSTRACT

In this chapter, the authors provide their responses to philosopher and other authors in two kinds. One consists of genuine questions arising from a failure to grasp what was said or from wanting to pry from the author further ideas. The other reflects genuine disagreement with what was said. The philosopher and other authors are Charles Taliaferro, Freya Mathews, Bede Benjamin Bidlack and Trichur S. Rukmani. Taliaferro presents us with his belief in an Anselmian, Christian God. Mathews critique of analytical panpsychism is well taken, concerning the down-up problem. Global panpsychism provides an answer in positing a subjectival dimension integral to the world. Rukmani's personal essay on her religious beliefs and her evolving religious life is most impressive and moving. There was the matter of one's religious family and one's personal views, a growth in religious maturity as one progresses in life, and the fine mixture of religion and philosophy in one's world-outlook.