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Paul Draper

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1975Rising activity
Regional Development and PolicyTheology and Philosophy of EvilGerman Economic Analysis & PoliciesFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism

Publications

236

Citations

2,698

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

51

Publishing since 1975

Research summary
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Paul Draper works in philosophy of religion, focusing on arguments about the existence of God, the problem of evil, atheism, and how probability and evidence should be weighed in these debates. His writing addresses foundational questions such as what counts as decisive evidence, how to define atheism, and how theories in this field should be evaluated or revised over time. This work is conceptual and argument-based rather than empirical, aimed at clarifying and advancing long-standing philosophical debates about religious belief.

Philosophy of religionProblem of evil and theodicyAtheism and arguments for/against God's existenceEvidence and probability in philosophical argumentNatural theology and skeptical theism

Publication output was uneven over the past decade with several low or zero-output years, followed by a sharp spike of activity in 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.4/year recently
2017: 6 publications17182019: 4 publications192020: 1 publication20212022: 1 publication2223242025: 11 publications112526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Oxford University Press eBooks×2
  • Philosophy of Science×1
  • Journal of Wine Economics×1
  • Leuven University Press eBooks×1
  • European Journal for Philosophy of Religion×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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