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67Dawkins and The Alabama InsertThink 1 (2): 7-20. 2002.In issue one, Richard Dawkins attacked the Alabama State Board of Education for pasting into biology schoolbooks an insert that explained that the theory of evolution is an ‘unproven’ and ‘controversial’ theory that ‘some’ scientists accept. The insert also raised a number of important questions that the theory of evolution still struggles to answer. Here, philosopher Alvin Plantinga responds to Dawkins' criticisms of the insert
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64Justification in the 20th CenturyPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 50 (n/a): 45-71. 1990.
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64ResponsePhilosophia Reformata 79 (1): 83-97. 2014.Let me say first that I am delighted to respond to the excellent papers by Elizabeth Burns, Jeroen de Ridder, Esther Kroeker, Ignacio Silva, and Daniel von Wachter. It has been a real pleasure to reflect on and react to their comments.
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60On being evidentially challengedIn Daniel Howard-Snyder (ed.), The Evidential Argument From Evil, Indiana University Press. pp. 244--261. 1996.
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59Replies to my commentatorsIn Dieter Schönecker (ed.), Plantinga's Warranted Christian Belief: Critical Essays with a Reply by Alvin Plantinga, De Gruyter. pp. 237-262. 2015.
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51What’s The Question?Journal of Philosophical Research 20 19-43. 1995.Two kinds of critical questions have been asked about the propriety or rightness of Christian beliefs. The first is the de facto question: is Christian belief true? The second is the de jure question: is it rational, or reasonable, or intellectually acceptable, or rationally justifiable? This second question is much harder to locate than you’d guess from looking at the literature. In “Perceiving God” William AIston suggests that the (or a) right question here is the question of “the practical ra…Read more
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46Necessary and Essential ExistenceCanadian Journal of Philosophy 6 (1). 1976.First, I wish to thank Professor Carter for his comments. They do contain some misunderstandings, however, some of which I shall try to straighten out.In The Nature of Necessity I argued that every object has the property of existence essentially, but only some things — propositions, properties, perhaps God — have the property of necessary existence.
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43Christian Philosophy at the End of the 20th CenturyIn Sander Griffioen & Bert Balk (eds.), Christian Philosophy at the Close of the Twentieth Century, . 1995.
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42Knowledge of God (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2008.Is belief in God epistemically justified? That's the question at the heart of this volume in the Great Debates in Philosophy series, with Alvin Plantinga and Michael Tooley each addressing this fundamental question with distinctive arguments from opposing perspectives. The first half of the book contains each philosopher's explanation of his particular view; the second half allows them to directly respond to each other's arguments, in a lively and engaging conversation Offers the reader a one of…Read more
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40Divine Action in the World (Synopsis)Ratio 19 (4): 495-504. 2006.The following is a synopsis of the paper presented by Alvin Plantinga at the Ratioconference on The Meaning of Theism held in April 2005 at the University of Reading. The synopsis has been prepared by the Editor, with the author's approval, from a handout provided by the author at the conference. The paper reflects on whether religious belief of a traditional Christian kind can be maintained consistently with accepting our modern scientific worldview. Many theologians, and also many scientists, …Read more
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40Warranted Christian Belief: The Aquinas/Calvin ModelIn G. Bruntrup & R. K. Tacelli (eds.), The Rationality of Theism, Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 125--143. 1999.
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36On Rejecting the Theory of Common Ancestry: A Reply to HaskerPerspectives on Science and Christian Faith 44 258-63. 1992.
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35Warrant and designing agents: A reply to James Taylor (review)Philosophical Studies 64 (2). 1991.
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35Games Scientists PlayIn Michael Murray & Jeffrey Schloss (eds.), The Believing Primate: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Reflections on the Origin of Religion, Oxford University Press. pp. 139. 2009.Accession Number: ATLA0001788484; Hosting Book Page Citation: p 139-167.; Language(s): English; Issued by ATLA: 20130825; Publication Type: Essay
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