Philo

Volume 15, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2012

Paul Gould
Pages 97-105

Intentionality and God: A Review Essay of R. Scott Smith’s Naturalism and Our Knowledge of Reality

R. Scott Smith argues that it is only theism, and not naturalism, that can deliver us knowledge. In this brief essay, I focus on the phenomenon of intentionality as articulated and developed by Smith and explore implications of his thesis for metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and philosophical theology.