Philosophy
Political Scientist Patrick J. Deneen on Why Liberalism Failed
Patrick J. Deneen holds a B.A. in English literature and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Rutgers University. He worked at the US Information Agency as a speechwriter and special...
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Is It Rational to be a Christian?
Can you show that belief in Christianity is irrational without also showing that Christianity is false? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the...
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Reformed Epistemology
Can belief in God be rational without evidence and argument? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of religion, epistemology, and...
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God and Other Minds
Can belief in God be rational because of something other than arguments and evidence? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of religion,...
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The Free Will Defense
Can belief in God be rational because of something other than arguments and evidence? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of religion,...
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Philosophy of Religion — In Animated Form
Alvin Plantinga’s ideas are presented in a visually captivating style in 10 videos created by Notre Dame philosophy professors with a grant from the Templeton Foundation. Topics...
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The Modal Ontological Argument
Is showing that it’s possible that God exists enough to also show that God actually exists? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of...
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Transworld Depravity
What if God cannot guarantee that we always use our free will for good? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of religion, epistemology,...
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Human Freedom and Divine Foreknowledge
If God knows everything we will do before we do it, can our actions be free? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of religion,...
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Felix Culpa
In what way might a moral *fall* of humanity be considered fortunate? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of religion, epistemology,...
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Where the Conflict Really Lies
Do science and religion really conflict, or does the real conflict lie elsewhere? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of religion,...
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The Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism
If evolution and naturalism were both true, would we really know much of anything at all? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of...
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