Faith and Reason from Plato to Plantinga: An Introduction to Reformed EpistemologyThis book traces the historical lineages of Alvin Plantinga's religious epistemology from Plato through Augustine and Calvin. It focuses upon this epistemology as a philosophical interpretation of what is generally taken to be a narrow theological doctrine. The author provides a textually based and closely reasoned introduction to the epistemological ideas of Plato, Augustine, Calvin, Plantinga, and several other writers and shows the continuity of a certain approach to the knowledge of God; it may be called the Platonic—Augustinian—Reformed (or Calvinist) approach. |
Contents
Two Theories of Knowledge and Belief | 1 |
Abraham | 35 |
Human Testimony and the Existence of | 46 |
St Augustine | 57 |
Objects Always Believed and Never Understood | 67 |
Objects Which as Soon as They Are Believed Are Understood | 74 |
Objects That Are First Believed and Later on Understood | 83 |
Conclusion | 107 |
Arguments for Faith in Religion | 131 |
Human Authority and Divine Authority | 140 |
Faith Seeking Understanding | 168 |
Alvin Plantinga | 175 |
8 | 201 |
Epilogue | 235 |
| 242 | |
| 255 | |
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Faith and Reason from Plato to Plantinga: An Introduction to Reformed ... Dewey J. Hoitenga Jr. No preview available - 1991 |
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