Modality, probability, and rationality : a critical examination of Alvin Plantinga's philosophy
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Modality, probability, and rationality : a critical examination of Alvin Plantinga's philosophy
（American university studies, Series 5 . Philosophy ; v. 129）
P. Lang, c1992
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Revision of author's doctoral dissertation, Univ. of Nebraska
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-192)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This work examines several major projects in Plantinga's career, particularly as they relate to his defense of the rationality of theistic belief. Chapters are dedicated to his modal ontological argument, his free will defense, his attacks on inductive arguments from evil, and his Reformed epistemology program, in which he argues that theistic belief can be rational without reliance on propositional evidence. Along the way the book deals with important issues in possible worlds semantics, probability theory, and the theory of knowledge. Account is taken of Plantinga's most recent work, including his forthcoming books in epistemology. Though some portions of the work deal with technical concepts of modal and probabilistic logics, all professional philosophers and many professional theologians should find the book accessible, understandable, and informative.
Table of Contents
Contents: An examination of key elements of Plantinga's philosophy, including his modal ontological argument, his free will defense, his rejection of inductive arguments from evil, and his epistemology of religious beliefs. This book distinguishes between epistemic and metaphysical possibility, and shows how this distinction figures into the success of some parts of Plantiga's work, and the failure or incompleteness of others.
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