Alvin Plantinga
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EDITORS RADU J. BOGDAN, Tulane University ILKKA NIINILUOTO, University ofHelsinki
EDITORIAL BOARD D. FC/.lLLESDAL, University of Oslo S. KORNER, University of Bristol J. J. C. SMART, Australian National University W. STEGMULLER, Universitiit Miinchen P. SUPPES, Stanford University K. SZANIAWAKI, University of Warsaw
J. VUILLEMIN, College de France
VOLUME 5
ALVIN PLANTINGA
Edited by
JAMES E. TOMBERLIN Dept. of Philosophy, California State University at Northridge
and PETER V AN INWAGEN Dept. of Philosophy, Syracuse University
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Librazy of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Alvin Plantinga. (PronIes; v. 5) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Plantinga, Alvin. 2. Philosophers-United StatesBiography. 3. Plantinga, Alvin- Addresses, essays,lectures. I. Tomberlin, James E., 1942II . Van Inwagen. Peter. Ill. Series: PronIes (D. Reidel Publishing Company (Dordrecht, Netherlands»; v. 5 191 (B] 84-18032 B931.P454A 75 1985 ISBN -13: 978-90-277-2106-8 DOl: 10. 10071978-94-009-5223-2
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION
vii
PREFACE
ix
Part One AL VIN PLANTINGA - Self-Profile
1. Roots and Early Days 2. Education 3. Research and Writing A. The Problem of Evil B. Calvinist Epistemology C. The Ontological Argument D. Necessity De Dicto E. Necessity De Re F. Names G. Possible Worlds, Actualism, and Serious Actualism H. Plans for the Future
3 3 8 33 36 55 64 71 73 76 88 93
Part Two PETER VAN INWAGEN - Plantinga on Trans-World
Identity JOHN L. POLLOCK - Plantinga on Possible Worlds KIT FINE - Plantinga on the Reduction of Possibilist
Discourse
101 121 145
v
T ABLE OF CONTENTS DIANA F. ACKERMAN - Plantinga's Theory of Proper
Names CARL GINET - Plantinga and the Philosophy of Mind ROBER T M. ADAMS - Plantinga on the Problem of Evil JAMES E. TOMBERLIN - Plantinga and the Ontolog-
ical Argument
187 199 225 257
PHILIP L. QUINN - Plantinga on Foreknowledge and
Freedom
271
WILLIAM P. ALSTON - Plantinga's Epistemology of
Religious Belief ALVIN PLANTINGA - Replies
289 313
Part Three
vi
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