Faith and Reason from Plato to Plantinga: An Introduction to Reformed Epistemology

Dewey J. Hoitenga Jr.

ISBN 10: 0791405907 / ISBN 13: 9780791405901

Published by State University of New York Press, 1991

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Faith and Reason from Plato to Plantinga: An Introduction to Reformed Epistemology
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791405907
• ISBN 13: 9780791405901
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 16.51W x 2.54H x 24.13D centimeters 16.51 centimeters width by 2.54 centimeters height by 24.13 centimeters depth
• Weight: 544 grams

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Synopsis

This book traces the historical lineages of Alvin Plantinga's religious epistemology from Plato through Augustine and Calvin. It focuses upon this epistemology as a philosophical interpretation of what is generally taken to be a narrow theological doctrine. The author provides a textually based and closely reasoned introduction to the epistemological ideas of Plato, Augustine, Calvin, Plantinga, and several other writers and shows the continuity of a certain approach to the knowledge of God; it may be called the Platonic-Augustinian-Reformed (or Calvinist) approach.

About the Author

Dewey J. Hoitenga, Jr. is Professor of Philosophy at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan.