List, I wonder if anyone here can help me track down a reference. In 'Rationality and Public Evidence: A Reply to Richard Swinburne', Religious Studies 37:2 ...
... James, Plantinga used the example in question in "The Foundations of Theism: A Reply," *Faith and Philosophy* 3:3 (July 1986), pp. 298-313." Phil Quinn...
... Perhaps you are thinking of Plantinga's example of the stolen letter? Cf. his "The Foundations of Theism: A Reply," _Faith and Philosophy_, Vol. 3, No. 3,...
List, I was hoping that I could get a little bit of help. I am trying to get a paper approved by my instructor while critiquing his refutation of externalism,...
... Greg and James, The illustration in question is also found in WCB (pp.371-372), in Plantinga's discussion of defeaters. Sudduth of Windsor [Non-text...
... Bingo! That must be where I've seen it before; I was looking in the right book, but the wrong chapter. Thanks for the other references, though. James...
Perhaps I was a bit too confused in my first request for some help. To clarify, although reliability is included as a necessary condition for knowledge, it...
'Rationality and Public Evidence: A Reply to Richard Swinburne', Religious Studies 37:2 ... "[I]t is obvious that a belief may have warrant for me -- including...
"[I]t is obvious that a belief may have warrant for me -- including warrant sufficient for knowledge -- even if it is not probable with respect to public...
... Reliability is necessary for warrant (and hence knowledge), but not necessary for rationality (be it deontological, internal, or external). Yes. ... So...
Sudduth Wrote: So there is some criticism of externalism based on a criticism of reliabilism. Plantinga's externalism escapes this criticism because proper...
Hi all, I have joined this group as a result of my interest in the rationality of Christian beliefs. My area of formal study is in economics, in which I will ...
Michael, Thanks for your response. I'm afraid I don't find much of what you argue very plausible. Perhaps I can bring some clarity to what I perceive to be...
Thanks for the challenge thus far. Fortunately, I had already changed the thesis of my paper entirely :-) You [Sudduth] are right that I have underestimated...
Michaels, ... I think your critique is spot-on; I do have a few extra comments, though. [...] ... Yes, these are key points. On Plantinga's model, the...
Hello, Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Newman Nahas. I am a first year D.Phil. student in Theology at Oxford University. And while my primary training...
I sent the following to Vince/doxastic as a direct e-mail, during the short pause in the list last month. I include it here in case anyone is curious for...
Hello Newman, Welcome to the group. I'm glad to see our Oxford contingent growing. Sudduth of Windsor [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... And, as you know, I don't, either: "How credible, deserving of intellectual respectability would others view the defendant's defense, his or her memory...
Michael wrote: "But it doesn't follow from this that it is less plausible that the belief is properly basic (for the cognizer in question). Perhaps Stairs is...
... what ... Warrant is the term Plantinga uses to describe whatever it is that converts true belief to knowledge. Is it Plantinga's view that person-relative...
List, I've just been re-reading *Warranted Christian Belief*, esp. Chapter 8, in preparation for writing the next chapter of my thesis. In doing so, a ...
... I haven't read Stairs' paper, so I really can't comment on this beyond your account of what he wrote. Of course, I wouldn't equate the degree of...
... God....). I'm not sure I understand precisely what you're saying here, but as a general point, which I suspect is relevant, I don't think one can deduce ...
... James, Yes, this is a good point. What it shows I think is that reliabilism is perhaps a lot like Michael Jackson: it comes in many different forms....
Thank you [Sudduth] for the reference regarding the post-lapsarian sensus. STARTING FROM SCRIPTURE: Sudduth Wrote: I'm not sure I understand precisely what...
James, Quite a nice post, I think. But there's a difference between saying that Scripture isn't a source of testimony and saying that Scripture isn't the sort...
... Now to my next point. If I, a mere beginner at this stuff, can spot such a gross error, even though a basic one, one occurring -- as you rightly noted --...
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