WOLTERSTORFF’S REFORMED EPISTEMOLOGY

Plantinga’s Reformed Epistemology and Religious Extremism: Some Historical Evidences

مطابق معرفت­شناسی اصلاح شده آلوین پلانتینگا، باورهای دینی همچون باورهای ادراکی، پایه هستند و از این رو نیازی به توجیه بیشتر ندارند. اما همانگونه که بارها گفته شده است این عقیده به نسبی­گرایی منتهی می­شود. ما در این مقاله ابتدا استدلال می­کنیم که نه فقط بعد نسبی­گرایانه آن نظریه به افراط­گرایی دینی منجر می­شود، بلکه می­توان از آن برای توجیه افراط­گرایی نیز استفاده کرد. سپس با ذکر چند گواهی تاریخ...

plantinga’s reformed epistemology and religious extremism: some historical evidences

according to plantinga’s reformed epistemology, as perceptual beliefs, religious beliefs are properly basic, and therefore need no additional justification. but as it has been said frequently, this idea may lead to relativism. in this paper, first, we argue that not only its relativistic aspect allows for religious extremism, but also it could be used to justify that kind of extremism. then, re...

The Reformed Public House

Has the Carlisle scheme of State ownership and control, which Mr. Dering advocates, resulted in a greater decrease in drunkenness than is seen in places where licensed premises are still privately owned ? The evidence does not support such a contention. Increased sobriety is, one is glad to know, practically universal, but statistics indicate that Carlisle shows no greater increase than the gen...

The Reformed Public House

The Reformed Public House

secure the reformed public house which you and many of your readers desire. It is not to be expected that the large brewery companies, whose main objective is the maintenance of large dividends, will encourage the universal adoption of reforms which tend to reduce consumption. I know that they ought to provide decent houses, but they don't. Something may be done here and there, but in the main ...