On the Historical Argument A Rejoinder to Plantinga
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Alvin Plantinga’s response provides a welcome opportunity to explore more deeply the issues raised by his critique of the historical argument in Warranted Christian Belief (WCB). Between his gracious opening remarks and his closing line he starts so many hares that one could easily spend a hundred pages trying to chase them all down. Forced to be selective, we will focus our attention on five of them.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006