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440God, freedom, and evilEerdmans. 1978.This book discusses and exemplifies the philosophy of religion, or philosophical reflection on central themes of religion.
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672The Nature of NecessityClarendon Press. 1974.This book, one of the first full-length studies of the modalities to emerge from the debate to which Saul Kripke, David Lewis, Ruth Marcus, and others are contributing, is an exploration and defense of the notion of modality de re, the idea that objects have both essential and accidental properties. Plantinga develops his argument by means of the notion of possible worlds and ranges over such key problems as the nature of essence, transworld identity, negative existential propositions, and the e…Read more
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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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34Transworld Depravity and Unobtainable WorldsPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 78 (1): 165-177. 2009.
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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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28Anselm's Discovery: A Re-Examination of the OntoLogical Proof for God's ExistencePhilosophical Review 78 (3): 405. 1969.
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6``Is Belief in God Rational?"In C. F. Delaney (ed.), Rationality and Religious Belief, Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press. pp. 7-27. 1979.
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818Proper functionalismIn Andrew Cullison (ed.), The Continuum Companion to Epistemology, Continuum. pp. 124. 2012.
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39Divine 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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11The ontological argument from St. Anselm to contemporary philosophers (edited book)Macmillan. 1965.
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73On Christian ScholarshipIn Theodore Hesburgh (ed.), The Challenge and Promise of a Catholic University, University of Notre Dame Press. 1994.
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4Coherentism and the evidentialist objection to belief in GodIn William Wainwright & Robert Audi (eds.), Rationality, Religious Belief, and Moral Commitment: New Essays in the Philosophy of Religion, Cornell University Press. pp. 109--138. 1986.
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3Rationality and religious beliefIn Steven M. Cahn & David Shatz (eds.), Contemporary Philosophy of Religion, Oxford University Press. pp. 255--377. 1982.
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65. Gewährleistung – die Einwände von Freud und MarxIn Gewährleisteter Christlicher Glaube, De Gruyter. pp. 158-190. 2015.
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98The Foundations of Theism: A ReplyFaith and Philosophy 3 (3): 313-396. 1986.Philip Quinn’s “On Finding the Foundations of Theism” is both challenging and important. Quinn proposes at least the following four theses: (a) my argument against the criteria of proper basicality proposed by classical foundationalism is unsuccessful, (b) the quasi-inductive method I suggest for arriving at criteria of proper basicality is defective, (c) even if belief in God is properly basic, it could without loss of justification be accepted on the basis of other propositions, and (d) belief…Read more
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Areas of Specialization
Epistemology |
Philosophy of Religion |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Religion |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |