Plantinga and rationality of Theism

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Associate professor,University of Tehran

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In this article the rationality of faith in Plantinga's three major works is studied – the three works in which the author, while responding to the critiques, presents his viewpoints. In this contribution, Plantinga's line of argumentation in these books is sought and then, having explained his views, they are being analyzed. Hence, first his analogical argument is criticized and then it will be discussed that there is incoherence in his critiques of the evidentialism and foundationalism. It will be mentioned also, in the end, that his idea that the belief in God needs no evidence is a kind of fideism.
 
 
 
 

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-         Jones Gareth,2004,The Blackwell Companion to Modern theology ,Blackwell publishing
-         Plantinga Alvin,1975,God and other minds ,A study of the Rational justification of Belief God,Cornell university Press
-         Plantinga  Alvin and Nicholas Wolterstorff, 2004,Faith and Rationality ,University of Notre dame Press
-         Plantinga Alvin, 2000,Warranted Christian Belief ,published to Oxford Scholarshiponline
-         Plantinga Alvin,1993,Warrant and Proper Function, New York:oOxfordUniversityPres
-         Plantinga Alvin,1993,Warrant:the Current Debate, New York:Oxford University Press
Philosophy of Religion
Volume 12, Issue 4
January 2016
Pages 721-736

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