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The Epistemology of Alvin Plantinga [PDF]
, 2014 In this article we intend to present Alvin Plantinga’s epistemology by showing the way in which its central concepts: the Reidian foundationalism, the partial critique of evidentialism, warrant, proper function, reliability and externalism - are ...
Teodorescu, Valentin
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Moral Dilemmas and Christian Ethics
Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 53, Issue 1, Page 45-71, March 2025.ABSTRACT We take moral dilemmas to be situations where no fully “moral” resolution is possible. Even an action that is, on the whole, justified may involve an injustice against someone affected. Some philosophers and theologians rule out such dilemmas on the basis of logical incoherence, or incompatibility with the nature of a good and all‐powerful God.
Kate Jackson‐Meyer, Lisa Sowle Cahill
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Философия и космология, 2011 Some are considered known metaphysically-cosmological concepts of the western philosophy of the Twentieth century, namely – New ontology of Nicolai Hartmann, Organic Realism and Process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead, Neoclassical metaphysics and ...
Аляев Г. Е.
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Kant’s Neglected Objection to the Ontological Argument [PDF]
, 2014 This paper argues that Kant’s most famous objection to the ontological argument -- that existence is not a real predicate -- is not, in fact, his most effective objection, and that his ”neglected objection’ to the argument deserves to be better known. It
Slater, Michael R.
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TheoLogica, 2021 A central feature of the “free will defense” as developed by Alvin Plantinga is his response to the claim that God can create a world containing creatures with libertarian freedom that contains no moral evil. Plantinga’s response appeals to the notion of
Steven B. Cowan
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Theism, naturalism, and scientific realism [PDF]
, 2017 Scientific knowledge is not merely a matter of reconciling theories and laws with data and observations. Science presupposes a number of metatheoretic shaping principles in order to judge good methods and theories from bad.
Koperski, Jeffrey
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Premortalism and the Problem of Involuntary Suffering
The Heythrop Journal, Volume 65, Issue 6, Page 629-644, November 2024.Abstract In a recent article, James Spiegel has suggested ways in which premortalism may bolster the free will defence in response to the logical problem of evil. Building on his presentation, this present article further reinforces the premortalist free will defence whilst also critiquing similarly related defences (such as the necessity of nomic ...
Andrew Hronich
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Autorização epistêmica e acidentalidade
Veritas, 2005 Esta é uma análise de um ítem do chr(38)quot;externalismo de função própriachr(38)quot; de Alvin Plantinga. A seguir, exponho o argumento de Peter Klein, contra o conceito de autorização [warrant] de Plantinga, no qual é mostrado por que ela não contém ...
Pich, Roberto Hofmeister
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The “Heaven Ab Initio” Argument from Evil
Religions, 2023 Logical and evidential arguments from evil are generally thought to have been rebutted by various refutations, defenses, and theodicies. While disparate, these responses employ similar strategies to show that God has morally sufficient reasons to permit ...
Carlo Alvaro
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Coherentism and Belief Fixation [PDF]
, 2015 Plantinga argues that cases involving ‘fixed’ beliefs refute the coherentist thesis that a belief’s belonging to a coherent set of beliefs suffices for its having justification (warrant). According to Plantinga, a belief cannot be justified if there is a
Krag, Erik
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