Alvin Plantinga

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American philosopher Christian philosopher analytic philosopher human philosopher

Alvin Plantinga is a prominent American analytic philosopher best known for his influential work in philosophy of religion, epistemology, and metaphysics, particularly his defense of the rationality of theism and the free will defense against the problem of evil.

Aliases (1)

Alvin Carl Plantinga ×1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American philosopher → Christian philosopher → analytic philosopher → human → philosopher →
academicDegree	PhD in philosophy →
academicPosition	Jellema Chair in Philosophy → John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy →
almaMater	Calvin College → University of Michigan → Yale University →
awardReceived	Kluge Prize (shared) → Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy → Templeton Prize →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1932-11-15 →
developedConcept	evolutionary argument against naturalism → properly basic belief → warrant as that which turns true belief into knowledge →
doctoralAdvisor	William Alston →
employer	Calvin College → University of Notre Dame →
fieldOfWork	epistemology → metaphysics → modal logic → philosophical theology → philosophy of religion →
influenced	Michael Bergmann → Nicholas Wolterstorff → Peter van Inwagen → William Lane Craig →
influencedBy	G. E. Moore → John Calvin → Kurt Gödel → Thomas Aquinas →
knownFor	defense of the rationality of theism → free will defense against the logical problem of evil → modal ontological argument for the existence of God → reformed epistemology → warrant theory in epistemology →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Philosophical Association →
name	Alvin Carl Plantinga →
notableWork	God and Other Minds → God, Freedom, and Evil → The Analytic Theist → The Nature of Necessity → Warrant and Proper Function → Warrant: The Current Debate → Warranted Christian Belief →
philosophicalSchool	Reformed epistemology → analytic philosophy →
placeOfBirth	Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States →
positionOnEvil	argues that the existence of evil is logically compatible with an omnipotent, omniscient, wholly good God via free will defense →
positionOnTheism	defends the rationality of belief in God without propositional evidence →
religion	Christianity →
theologicalTradition	Reformed Christianity →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Herman Dooyeweerd → Thomas Reid →	influenced
Alvin Plantinga ("Alvin Carl Plantinga") →	name
Templeton Prize →	notableRecipient