hi, i know its i bit off the path, but i am looking for sources that deal with plantinga's essentialism, from a critical perspective. can anyone help?...
I was wondering whether there are some resources for doing virtue epistemology from Reformed perspective. I'd expect Reformed epistemologists to incorporate ...
Hey all, Dr. Sudduth, can you give the links where you discuss how Plantinga's argument does not lead to relativism? For example, if a Muslim speaks of an...
... Hi Apolonio, I addressed this question last year (July 19, 2005) in response to a similar message you posted. ...
Michael Sudduth
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Feb 20, 2006 2:57 am
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Dr. Mike, I have philosophy of religion course here at Rutgers and my professor seems to have misinterpreted Plantinga. Let me try to explain his argument and...
Dr. Mike, I was hoping someone like Apolonio would post such a question ; perhaps you could include in your reply: 1) Does discussing "properly basic" and...
Throughout the Trilogy Plantinga does not really address the truth question in any detail. His task is to outline his position on Warrant and how this fits...
... Apolonio, Setting aside Plantinga's subsequent modifications to his epistemology that bear on this issue (see the other posts to which I referred earlier),...
Michael Sudduth
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Feb 26, 2006 5:33 pm
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Bill, ... I'm not terribly sure I understand your question. A properly basic belief is a belief that is psychologically basic (not based on or inferred from...
Michael Sudduth
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Feb 27, 2006 4:29 am
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Hello, Dr. Sudduth said, "Whether one is born knowing some proposition is irrelevant to whether it is a candidate for being properly basic (or not) for the...
... Your argument seems to run (1) If a belief is a first principle, then it can be properly basic; (2) if something has a good claim to being a first...
... Ty, Thanks for your post. Of course you can *add* further specifications to the initial claim and show that a proposition's "being known from birth" is ...
Michael Sudduth
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Feb 27, 2006 9:50 pm
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Off the topic, I know, but some "smile & humour" relief borrowed from another list; believe and laugh at them entirely at your own risk, ROFLOL. the original...
All, I've been refraining from posting due to my scant reading of Plantinga and other Reformed epistemologists. However, I'm curious about this notion of a...
A properly basic belief is a belief not based on other beliefs or propositions. I find the term "non-inferential beliefs" better. JMJ A.L. III ... From:...
... Basic, immediate, non-inferential...It is important, though, to distinguish between the *psychological* and *epistemic* uses of such terms. A...
Michael Sudduth
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Feb 28, 2006 7:48 pm
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... See my earlier post. ... Only if one adopts a foundationalist framework in which properly basic beliefs are also foundational beliefs. However, even here...
Michael Sudduth
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Feb 28, 2006 7:49 pm
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JMJ, A psychologically basic belief is non-inferential, but isn't a properly basic belief non-inferential & evidentially warranted? Scott Avbcl111@......
Scott, Regarding your comment, "A psychologically basic belief is non-inferential, but isn't a properly basic belief non-inferential & evidentially warranted?"...
... of "evidentially warranted"? Hi Larry, I suspect that what Scott meant to say was that a properly basic belief is not just psychologically basic but also...
All, I think I jumped in over my head. I have a BA in philosophy & unfortunately a JD in law (philosophy is far superior a pursuit). I have just purchased...
... Scott, Plantinga isn't a reliabilist. As Plantinga sees it, reliabilism is closer to the truth than various internalist packages. But according to...
Michael Sudduth
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Mar 2, 2006 6:57 am
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I always thought of proper functionalism as a form of reliabilism, but I think you are right. What exactly is an "appropriate cognitive environment" according...
I've read the phrase "internalist constraint on knowledge" in a few post on epistemology on the web. Would someone explain what this means? I suppose ...
Hello, Dr. Sudduth said, "Plantinga isn't a reliabilist." Swinburne, however, suggests that Plantinga's theory, appropriately corrected or understood, is a...
... Ty, I don't find anything in Swinburne's analysis to be incompatible with my claim, that is, as long as my claim is "appropriately corrected or ...
msudduth@...
Mar 2, 2006 7:47 pm
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Dr. Sudduth, The expression "reliable belief forming apparatus" must mean "reliable within a certain external/internal context/situation" viz., cognitive...
Scott, Let me quickly speak to two of your comments: "I think I jumped in over my head" and "Again I apologize for jumping in to soon." Regarding the former:...
thanks for the nice note Larry. Appreciate it. although I often "say" that I'm reluctant to jump in over-my head, i usually try to swim with the big fish...
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