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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Naturalism defeated? Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2002 (OCoLC)606782326 |
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Named Person: | Alvin Plantinga; Alvin Plantinga; Alvin Plantinga; Alvin Plantinga; Alvin Plantinga; Alvin Plantinga |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
James K Beilby |
ISBN: | 0801439728 9780801439728 0801487633 9780801487637 |
OCLC Number: | 48140662 |
Description: | x, 283 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents: | pt. 1. Science and evolution. Naturalism defended / William Ramsey ; Is science biologically possible? / Jerry Fodor ; Darwin's doubt, Calvin's calvary / Evan Fales -- pt. 2. Skepticism. Commonsense naturalism / Michael Bergmann ; Plantinga's evolutionary meditations / Ernest Sosa ; Can atheists know anything? / James Van Cleve -- pt. 3. Conditional probabilities and confirmation theory. A house divided against itself cannot stand / Timothy O'Connor ; Conditional probabilities in Plantinga's argument / Richard Otte -- pt. 4. The nature of epistemic defeat. The illusion of defeat / W.J. Talbott ; Conditional probability and defeat / Trenton Merricks ; Plantinga, naturalism, and defeat / William Alston -- Reply to Beilby's cohorts / Alvin Plantinga. |
Responsibility: | edited by James Beilby. |
Abstract:
Almost a decade ago, Alvin Plantinga articulated his bold and controversial evolutionary argument against naturalism. This intriguing line of argument raises issues of importance to epistemologists and to philosophers of mind, of religion, and of...
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"I have been emphasizing the similarities between the critical essays in Beilby's book, but there are important differences as well, differences that add to the depth of the book. Moreover, the similarities give the book a great deal more cohesiveness than one would have expected to find in a collection of essays by distinct authors, especially given the variety of interesting issues raised by Plantinga's argument. Thus, my overall evaluation of the book is very positive." -- Paul Draper, Florida International University * International Journal for Philosophy of Religion * Read more...
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- Plantinga, Alvin.
- Naturalism.
- Human evolution.
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- Naturalisme.
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- Théorie de la connaissance.
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