Knowledge and reality Essays in Honor of Alvin Plantinga
This volume comprises essays presented to Alvin Plantinga on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Plantinga is one of the leading figures in Anglo-American metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of religion; his work in these areas has been the focus of w
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Edited by THOMAS M. CRISP, MATTHEW DAVIDSON AND DAVID VANDER LAAN
PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES SERIES
103
KNOWLEDGE AND REALITY
PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES SERIES VOLUME 103
Founded by Wilfrid S. Sellars and Keith Lehrer
Editor Keith Lehrer, University of Arizona, Tucson Associate Editor Stewart Cohen, Arizona State University, Tempe Board of Consulting Editors Lynne Rudder Baker, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Radu Bogdan, Tulane University, New Orleans Marian David, University of Notre Dame Allan Gibbard, University of Michigan Denise Meyerson, Macquarie University François Recanati, Institut Jean-Nicod, EHESS, Paris Stuart Silvers, Clemson University Barry Smith, State University of New York at Buffalo Nicholas D. Smith, Lewis & Clark College
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
KNOWLEDGE AND REALITY Essays in Honor of Alvin Plantinga Edited by
THOMAS M. CRISP Biola University, La Mirada, CA, U.S.A.
MATTHEW DAVIDSON California State University, San Bernardino, CA, U.S.A. and
DAVID VANDER LAAN Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
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1-4020-4732-0 (HB) 978-1-4020-4732-9 (HB) 1-4020-4733-9 (e-book) 978-1-4020-4733-6 (e-book)
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Contents
Contributing Authors
ix
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1: Actualism and Presentism JAMES E. TOMBERLIN
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CHAPTER 2: Properties PETER VAN INWAGEN
15
CHAPTER 3: So You Think You Exist? In Defense of Nolipsism JENANN ISMAEL AND JOHN L. POLLOCK
35
CHAPTER 4: Substance and Artifact in Aquinas s Metaphysics ELEONORE STUMP
63
CHAPTER 5: Epistemology and Metaphysics WILLIAM P. ALSTON
81
CHAPTER 6: Historicizing the Belief-Forming Self NICHOLAS WOLTERSTORFF
111
CHAPTER 7: A Dilemma for Internalism MICHAEL BERGMANN
137
viii CHAPTER 8: Epistemic Internalism, Philosophical Assurance and the Skeptical Predicament RICHARD FUMERTON
Contents
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CHAPTER 9: Scientific Naturalism and the Value of Knowledge JONATHAN KVANVIG
193
CHAPTER 10: Naturalism and Moral Realism MICHAEL C. REA
215
CHAPTER 11: A Problem with Bayesian Conditionalization RICHARD OTTE
243
CHAPTER 12: Materialism and Post-Mortem Survival KEITH E. YANDELL
257
CHAPTER 13: Split Brains and the Godhead TRENTON MERRICKS
299
Index
327
Contributing Authors
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