Theism, Naturalism, and Rationality - Discussion Part 1

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January 7, 2012 | Standing Seminar: Theism, Naturalism, and Rationality

Alvin Plantinga is the John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. One of the most important living philosophers of religion, he is credited with helping revive Christian philosophy. Acclaimed for his work on metaphysics, the problem of evil, and the epistemology of religious belief, he is the author or editor of many books, including God and Other Minds, The Nature of Necessity, Faith and Rationality, and a major trilogy on "Warrant" which argues, among many other things, that belief in God is "properly basic."

Ernest Sosa is the Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburg in 1964 and taught at Brown University for four decades before moving to Rutgers in 2007. Professor Sosa focuses primarily on epistomology. His recent publications include Knowing Full Well (Princeton University Press, 2011) and Reflective Knowledge: Apt Belief and Reflective Knowledge, Volume One (Oxford University Press, 2009)