Bruce Reichenbach

Professor of Philosophy

Dr. Reichenbach has taught at Augsburg College since 1968. His interests in other cultures led him to teach at Morija Theological Seminary in Lesotho and more recently at Daystar University in Nairobi, Kenya. He participated in seminars in China, Korea, and Russia, and lectured in Slovenia. He also participated in NEH Institutes and seminars and in Templeton-sponsored dialogues between science and religion.

His most recent book is INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING. Published by McGraw-Hill, the text has a structure that adapts Benjamin Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives to critical thinking. The text carefully moves students from developing skills for knowledge acquisition and comprehension to the higher critical thinking skills of analysis, creative synthesis, and evaluation. Its hundreds of exercises, giving students repetitive practice, are drawn almost entirely from the popular media. The book is directed toward true beginners in critical thinking.

• Education
  • B.A. Wheaton College.
  • M.A. Northwestern University.
  • Ph.D. Northwestern University.

• In addition to courses in Introduction to Philosophy, Logic, and Critical Thinking, he teaches specialized courses.
  • History of Philosophy from Plato to Plotinus
  • History of Philosophy from Descartes to Nietzsche
  • Philosophy of Religion
  • Asian Philosophy
  • Ethics of Medicine and Health Care

• His books include:
  • Introduction to Critical Thinking (McGraw-Hill, 2001).
  • Reason and Religious Belief. (Oxford, 1991, 2nd ed. 1998). co-author.
  • Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings. (Oxford, 1996, 2nd edition 2001) co-author.
  • On Behalf of God: A Christian Ethic for Biology. (Eerdmans, 1995) co-author.
  • The Law of Karma: A Philosophical Study. (Macmillan, 1990).
  • Evil and a Good God. (Fordham, 1982).
  • Is Man the Phoenix? A Study of Immortality. (Eerdmans, 1978).
  • The Cosmological Argument: A Reassessment. (Charles Thomas, 1972).

• He has also published more than three dozen articles in various journals and magazines. Among the more recent are:
  • "Inclusivism and Atonement," Faith and Philosophy 16, no. 1 January 1999.
  • "By His Stripes We Are Healed," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 41, no. 4, December 1998.
  • "The New Integrationists of Science and Religion," Christian Scholar's Review XXVII, no. 3, Spring 1998.
  • "On Being a Professor," in Should God Get Tenure, ed. by David Gill (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1997).
  • "Mission and Hiring in The Christian College," Intersections, Summer 1997.
  • "Justifying In-Principle Nonpredictive Theories: The Case of Evolution," Christian Scholar's Review, 24, 1995.
  • "On Obligations to Future Generations," Public Affairs Quarterly, 6 April 1992.