Knowledge and reality :essays in honor of Alvin Plantinga
This volume comprises essays presented to Alvin Plantinga on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Plantinga is one of the leading figures in Anglo-American metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of religion; his work in these areas has been the focus of wide scholarly attention. This collection of essays, all of which were written specifically for this volume in honor of Plantinga's 70th birthday, ranges broadly over topics in metaphysics and epistemology and includes contributions by some of the best philosophers writing today. The volume will be of particular interest to metaphysicians, epistemologists, philosophers of religion and theologians as it includes important recent work by some of the leading thinkers in these fields. It contains contributions from William P. Alston, Michael Bergmann, Richard Fumerton, Jenann Ismael, Jonathan Kvanvig, Trenton Merricks, Richard Otte, John Pollock, Michael C. Rea, Eleonore Stump, James Tomberlin, Peter van Inwagen, Nicholas Wolterstorff, and Keith Yandell.
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Dordrecht, The Netherlands
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Springer
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c2006
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xiii, 332 p. ; 25 cm.
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Philosophical studies series
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v. 103
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN: 1402047320
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edited by Thomas M. Crisp, Matthew Davidson and David Vander Laan
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Actualism and presentism / James E. Tomberlin -- Properties / Peter Van Inwagen -- You think you exist? / Jenann Ismael and John L. Pollock -- Substance and artifact in Aquinas's metaphyics / Eleonore Stump -- Epistemology and metaphysics / William P. Alston -- Historicizing the belief-forming self / Nicholas Wolterstorff -- Dilemma for internalism / Michael Bergmann -- Epistemic internalism, philosophical assurance, and the skeptical predicament / Richard Fumerton -- Scientific naturalism and the value of knowledge / Jonathan Kvanvig -- Naturalism and moral realism / Michael C. Rea -- Problem with Bayesian conditionalization / Richmond Otte -- Materialism and post-mortem survival / Keith E. Yandell -- Split brains and the Godhead / Trenton Merricks