Ask a Philosopher: Why Study Philosophy?
Ask a Philosopher: I often get questions in emails about my blog or books. I have been replying to these on email but decided I might also start posting answers as…
Some Things Are Clear
In my 2008 book “The Clarity of God’s Existence” I wrote about the principle of clarity. In that work the principle of clarity states that if the failure to know…
Dialogue: Intuition
What is intuition and how does it relate to reason? I talk about reason and common ground in my talk here. In the comments there is a discussion about how…
Atonement and the Knowledge of God: Alvin Plantinga and Eleanore Stump
Atonement, Eleonore Stump, Oxford University Press, 2018 (ISBN 978-0-19- 881386-6), xviii + 510 pp., hb £60
Alvin Plantinga and Eleonore Stump represent the best of the analytic philosophical and theological school for the past four decades. Is God real and is God knowable? The collection of essays from the Plantinga Project looks at just these questions. What is sin and how can it be atoned for? Eleonore Stump’s book gives her new unique answer to those questions. Behind both is a method and an approach to knowing that has become formative in Christian philosophy. Has this method helped in explaining what Christians mean when they affirm that the eternal power and divine nature of God are clearly seen from the things that are made so that unbelief is without excuse?
Ask a Philosopher: Gnosticism
Ask a Philosopher: I often get questions in emails about my blog or books. I have been replying to these on email but decided I might also start posting answers as…
Ask a Philosopher: Why Do Philosophers Disagree?
Ask a Philosopher: I often get questions in emails about my blog or books. I have been replying to these on email but decided I might also start posting answers as…
Ask a Philosopher: Humility
I often get questions in emails about my blog or books. I have been replying to these on email but decided I might also start posting answers as part of…
Discussion: God and nothing
I remember hearing an interview that ran along these lines. One person had just written a book about how the universe can come from nothing (which turns out to mean…
God and Truth VI Talk Overview
This is an outline of my talk from the God and Truth VI panel: I would like to argue three things. First, a common false dichotomy; second, the meaning of…
God and Truth VI
Join us on Tuesday, Oct 23, for God and Truth VI. This year we will discuss how to find meaning. Can nihilism be avoided if we deny that there is…