Robin Collins
| Robin Alan Collins | |
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| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
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Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Religion |
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Robin Collins is an American philosopher. He currently serves as Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. His main interests include philosophical issues related to the relationship between religion and science and philosophical theology.
Collins obtained his undergraduate degree from Washington State University in 1984 with a triple major in Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy, graduating summa cum laude. Collins spent two years in a Ph.D. program in Physics at the University of Texas at Austin before transferring to the University of Notre Dame where he received a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1993. Alvin Plantinga directed his dissertation, with Bas van Fraassen (then at Princeton) and Arthur Fine (then at Northwestern University) serving as his outside advisers. His dissertation was titled "Epistemological Issues in the Scientific Realism/Antirealism Debate: An Analysis and a Proposal." His defense of his dissertation passed with the highest possible honors and he received the Graduate Student Award in the Humanities for "outstanding research, teaching, and publication."
After completing his dissertation he served as a post-doctoral fellow at Northwestern University's Program in History and Philosophy of Science before joining Messiah College.
Collins has received fellowships for his work from the Pew Foundation, the University of Notre Dame, and the Templeton Foundation. He has also received past support from the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture for his work on the argument from design from physics and cosmology. He is no longer affiliated with the Discovery Institute, however, due to conflicting visions.
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