Modality, Probability, and Rationality: A Critical Examination of Alvin Plantinga's Philosophy: 129 (American University Studies, Series 5: Philosophy) - Hardcover

Sennett, James F

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820416665 ISBN 13: 9780820416663

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 1992

Synopsis

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 * 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820416665
• ISBN 13: 9780820416663
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192