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Alvin Plantinga

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American Christian philosopher

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Alvin Carl Plantinga is an American analytic philosopher and theologian who is a leading figure in the Reformed epistemology movement. He is the John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and a professor emeritus of philosophy at Calvin University.

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Alvin Plantinga
said · Dec 13, 2011
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The so-called “problem of evil” would presumably be the strongest (and maybe the only) evidence against theism.

*As quoted in Gary Gatting, Reading: An Interview With Alvin Plantinga, February 9, 2014.

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Alvin Plantinga
said · Dec 13, 2011
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I should make clear first that I don’t think arguments are needed for rational belief in God. In this regard belief in God is like belief in other minds, or belief in the past.

*As quoted in Gary Gatting, Reading: An Interview With Alvin Plantinga, February 9, 2014.

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Alvin Plantinga
said · Dec 13, 2011
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Lack of evidence, if indeed evidence is lacking, is no grounds for atheism.

*As quoted in Gary Gatting, Reading: An Interview With Alvin Plantinga, February 9, 2014.

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2012Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy
1971Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Templeton Prize

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Born 1932 · age 93
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