Advice to Christian Philosophers (original: God and Other Minds: A Study of the Rational Justification of Belief in God)
Plantinga Alvin
In this book Alvin
Plantinga wrestles with one of the central issues in the philosophy of
religion: can belief in God be rationally justified? Plantinga reviews
in detail the traditional and modern arguments for and against the
existence of God and concludes that all fail. He then turns to the
related philosophical problem of the existence of other minds and
defends the so-called analogical argument against current criticisms. He
goes on to show, however, that although this argument affords us the
best reasons we have for belief in other minds, it finally succumbs to
the same problems that beset the teleological argument for God. In his
brilliantly resoned conclusion, the author holds that "belief in other
minds and belief in God are in the same epistemological boat; hence if
either is rational, so is the other. But obviously the former is
rational; so, therefore, is the latter."
Plantinga wrestles with one of the central issues in the philosophy of
religion: can belief in God be rationally justified? Plantinga reviews
in detail the traditional and modern arguments for and against the
existence of God and concludes that all fail. He then turns to the
related philosophical problem of the existence of other minds and
defends the so-called analogical argument against current criticisms. He
goes on to show, however, that although this argument affords us the
best reasons we have for belief in other minds, it finally succumbs to
the same problems that beset the teleological argument for God. In his
brilliantly resoned conclusion, the author holds that "belief in other
minds and belief in God are in the same epistemological boat; hence if
either is rational, so is the other. But obviously the former is
rational; so, therefore, is the latter."
Année:
1968
Langue:
english
Pages:
19
Fichier:
PDF, 84 KB
IPFS:
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english, 1968
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