Known for distinguished work in the fields of metaphysics and philosophy of religion, Alvin Plantinga ventures further into epistemology in this book and its companion volume, Warrant and Proper Function. Plantinga examines the nature of epistemic warrant; whatever it is that when added to true belief yields knowledge. This present volume surveys current contributions to the debate and paves the way for his own positive proposal in Warrant and Proper Function. This first volume serves as a good introduction to the central issues in contemporary epistemology.
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"An important contribution which will be widely stimulating and influential for years to come."--Ernest Sosa, Brown University
"This two-volume work is one of the major accomplishments of twentieth-century epistemology."--Richard Foley, Rutgers University
"These books are contributions to epistemology of the first order of importance. They will, deservedly, receive a great deal of attention."--William P. Alston, Syracuse University
"A comprehensive and penetrating exposition and critique of contemporary epistemologies."--Umit D. Yalcin, East Carolina University
"A must for all epistemologists and philosophers of religion. Seldom is sustained philosophical argument such a joy to read."--Religious Studies Review
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Warrant The Current Debate by Alvin Plantinga is the first in the author's trilogy on subject of warrant. This first instalment surveys current thoughts on knowledge and sets the stage for Plantinga to lay out his view in Warrant and Proper Function. It is then applied to theistic belief in Warranted Christian Belief. Plantinga a leading contemporary philosopher in the fields of epistemology and the philosophy of religion.This is an extensive and comprehensive overview of historic and contemporary views on knowledge. It covers the leading thinking and concepts in this area; Chrisholm, Alston, Bonjour etc. and even a nice discussion of Bayesian probability. The presiding definition of knowledge is `justified true belief' - with perhaps some caveats to account for Gettier-like problems. Discussion of this understanding is usually centered on issue of justification, i.e. what in addition to true belief is required to constitute knowledge. Plantinga uses warrant more or less synonymously with justification and seeks to understand how it might be achieved. I am a fan of Plantinga, I find him to be a rare intellectual; brilliant, humble and witty. I did, however, have a couple of minor quibbles with the book. First, with respect to the physical book itself, I'm not sure exactly what it was, perhaps the font or the construction (or maybe my failing eyesight) - but, I thought the layout was less than ideal for this type of dense subject-matter. Anyways, relatively minor stuff. The other criticism regards the flow, the front end of the book felt a bit choppy. Granted the text is written for an audience within a level of background knowledge, however I thought a clearer description of the different understandings of internalism and externalism would have been helpful and, not a big cost for a trilogy such as this. Overall, this is a tremendous series which makes an important contribution. I highly recommend it for readers interested in epistemology. Of the three books in the series this is probably the narrowest in appeal. If you are just going to read one Warranted Christian Belief is probably your best bet.
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You need to be on top of your epistemology and be prepared to spend a lot of time going through the arguments and examples carefully to get a lot out of this book. Plantinga is a genius, there is no doubt about that, but this book is pretty advanced. In this volume, Plantinga presents the current best theories of warrant/justification, and then shows problems with them. This, of course, is a lead-up to his next book in the series 'Warrant and Proper Function' where he gives what he believes to be a more adequate theory of warrant. Basically, he finds the same kind of problem with all the other theories of warrant. That is, they do not account for cognitive malfunction or someone "messing" with your brain. This is a very interesting counter-example because it implies (as I think he talks about in his next book) that it means something to have properly working cognitive faculties. I think the next question is "proper with respect to what?"But in any event, this volume does a great job of preparing the reader for what he will do in the next book as well as giving the reader pretty much everything they'd ever want to know about the major views (up to Plantinga) on warrant or justification. I look forward to continuing with the series.
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proper noetic structure, purely psychological properties, internalist motif, modern classical foundationalist, epistemic duty fulfillment, paradigm reliabilism, phenomenology that goes, argument undefeated, classical deontologism, functioning human being can, epistemic pairs, epistemic malfunction, muon decay phenomena, high truth ratio, credence function, epistemic excellence, conceptual train, classical internalism, noncontingent propositions, nonculpable mistake, positive epistemic status, incorrect norms, subjective duty, probability kinematics, ideal intellect Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Super Bowl, New York, Alpha Centaurian, Doxastic Presumption, Oxford University Press, Observation Requirement, Harvard University Press, Roderick Chisholm, Laurence Bonjour, Alvin Goldman, John Pollock, New Reflection, Philosophical Perspectives, University of Chicago Press, Cambridge University Press, Cornell University Press, Ernest Sosa, James Tomberlin, Old Reflection, University of Minnesota Press, Brand Blanshard, Contemporary Theories of Knowledge, John Locke, National Enquirer, Peirce's Law New!
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- Theory of Knowledge (Prentice-Hall Foundations of Philosophy Series) by Roderick Chisholm on 6 pages
- Philosophical Perspectives, 5: Philosophy of Religion by James E. Tomberlin on 5 pages
- Contemporary Theories of Knowledge (Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory) by John L. Pollock on 4 pages
- The Foundations of Knowing (Minnesota Archive Editions) by Roderick M. Chisholm on page 6, page 29, and page 46
- Epistemic Justification: Essays in the Theory of Knowledge by William P. Alston on page 7, page 24, and page 154
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- Epistemology As Theology: An Evaluation of Alvin Plantinga's Religious Epistemology (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology, and Biblical ... in Religion, Theology, and Biblical Studies) by James K. Beilby on 13 pages
- Knowledge, Truth, and Duty: Essays on Epistemic Justification, Responsibility, and Virtue by Matthias Steup on 10 pages
- The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology (Oxford Handbooks) by Paul K. Moser on 8 pages
- Rationality and Theistic Belief: An Essay on Reformed Epistemology (Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion) by Mark Mcleod on 5 pages
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