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An analysis and critical study of Alvin Plantinga's account of Reformed epistemologyCook, James Alan. January 1995 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Denver Seminary, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-202).
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An analysis and critical study of Alvin Plantinga's account of Reformed epistemologyCook, James Alan. January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Denver Seminary, 1995. / This is an electronic reproduction of TREN, #090-0013. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-202).
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Achievements, value, and God : an essay on the cognitive success of religious knowledgeBolos, Anthony David January 2013 (has links)
Recent literature in religious epistemology has overlooked a significant debate in mainstream epistemology. In short, theories in religious epistemology have failed to consider the value problem. This essay, then, hopes to rectify this omission by arguing that one of the most influential accounts of religious epistemology - reformed epistemology - fails to adequately account for the value of knowledge. I argue, however, that a reasonable way out for the reformed epistemologist comes by way of endorsing the achievement thesis. The achievement thesis, put simply, states that knowledge is valuable because it is a cognitive achievement - unlike, for example, mere true belief. The central question of this essay, then, is this: Is Knowledge of God a Cognitive Achievement? In order to better answer this question I highlight two different ways in which one can understand the nature of cognitive achievements. First, a cognitive achievement can be understood as success from ability that is always primarily creditable to the agent. Or, second, a cognitive achievement can be understood as success from ability that is jointly creditable to the agent. Both, I argue, are compatible with knowledge and the achievement thesis. Whether knowledge of God is primarily or jointly creditable, however, will depend on the way in which one understands the role the agent plays in the belief forming process. Given the nature of reformed epistemology, I argue that knowledge of God is the kind of achievement that is jointly creditable. Further, and central to the argument, I argue that the reformed epistemologist is in a good position to meet the requirements for the strong achievement thesis. The strong achievement thesis argues that an achievement should be understood in terms of overcoming some obstacle whereby the agent's belief is the result of some ability that can be credited to the agent. The account I propose not only meets the requirements of the strong achievement thesis, but also retains a distinctive feature of reformed epistemology - namely, that the belief in God can be said to overcome the obstacle of cognitive malfunction that, as the reformed epistemologist argues, is brought about by sin. It's an achievement becasue it overcomes an excessively hostile environment (what I call the maxi-environment) that is not conducive to belief in God given the cognitive consequence of sin. In the end, it is possible to provide an account of reformed epistemology where the value of knowledge (over and above mere true belief) is adequately demonstrated.
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Epistemology and evidence an analysis of Alvin Plantinga's reformed epistemology /Matheson, Jonathan D. January 2003 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity International University, 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-78).
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Epistemology and evidence an analysis of Alvin Plantinga's reformed epistemology /Matheson, Jonathan D. January 2003 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity International University, 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-78).
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Epistemology and evidence an analysis of Alvin Plantinga's reformed epistemology /Matheson, Jonathan D. January 2003 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity International University, 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-78).
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Theology and reformed epistemology the sensus divinitatis, the noetic effects of sin, and regeneration /O'Brien, Jonathan David. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-116).
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Resurrection and Scripture : the relationship between two key doctrines in reformed apologetic methodology / by Steven WestWest, Steven Donald January 2010 (has links)
In this study three apologetic methodologies (evidentialism, Reformed epistemology, and
presuppositionalism) are analyzed to determine which method is most coherently related to
Reformed theology. It is argued that comparing how each methodology relates the doctrine
of Scripture with the doctrine of the resurrection can demonstrate which method is best
suited to defending Christianity in its Reformed interpretation. The doctrine of Scripture is
taken to be that of full plenary inspiration and inerrancy, and the question is which
apologetic method can be successful in defending that position.
After contemporary arguments for the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus Christ are
surveyed, each of the three respective apologetic methodologies is subjected to an
examination and critique. Each method is intra–systematically evaluated to determine
whether it suffers from internal contradictions or incoherencies. Each method is further
tested to determine whether, on its own internal principles, it is capable of a logical defense
of a high doctrinal view of Scripture. The respective methods are also compared and
contrasted with each other. A prominent issue is the direction of the methodology, i.e., its
sequence. Some strands of evidentialism attempt to move from the historical fact of the
resurrection to their doctrine of Scripture; Reformed epistemologists do not necessarily
require any historical argumentation at all; presuppositionalists take their doctrine of
Scripture and the resurrection as both necessary and mutually reinforcing points in their
worldview.
In the final analysis, it is the presuppositional methodology which emerges as that which is
most capable of coherently defending a doctrine of Scripture that includes full inspiration
and inerrancy. This is due to the transcendental nature of the argument that it presents. It
is urged in this study, however, that evidences, historical details, and logical analysis are all
critically important for a fully–orbed apologetic system. Presuppositionalism needs to be
ramified with evidential arguments, even if they are transposed into a transcendental key,
as supporting details in a transcendental framework. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Dogmatics))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Resurrection and Scripture : the relationship between two key doctrines in reformed apologetic methodology / by Steven WestWest, Steven Donald January 2010 (has links)
In this study three apologetic methodologies (evidentialism, Reformed epistemology, and
presuppositionalism) are analyzed to determine which method is most coherently related to
Reformed theology. It is argued that comparing how each methodology relates the doctrine
of Scripture with the doctrine of the resurrection can demonstrate which method is best
suited to defending Christianity in its Reformed interpretation. The doctrine of Scripture is
taken to be that of full plenary inspiration and inerrancy, and the question is which
apologetic method can be successful in defending that position.
After contemporary arguments for the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus Christ are
surveyed, each of the three respective apologetic methodologies is subjected to an
examination and critique. Each method is intra–systematically evaluated to determine
whether it suffers from internal contradictions or incoherencies. Each method is further
tested to determine whether, on its own internal principles, it is capable of a logical defense
of a high doctrinal view of Scripture. The respective methods are also compared and
contrasted with each other. A prominent issue is the direction of the methodology, i.e., its
sequence. Some strands of evidentialism attempt to move from the historical fact of the
resurrection to their doctrine of Scripture; Reformed epistemologists do not necessarily
require any historical argumentation at all; presuppositionalists take their doctrine of
Scripture and the resurrection as both necessary and mutually reinforcing points in their
worldview.
In the final analysis, it is the presuppositional methodology which emerges as that which is
most capable of coherently defending a doctrine of Scripture that includes full inspiration
and inerrancy. This is due to the transcendental nature of the argument that it presents. It
is urged in this study, however, that evidences, historical details, and logical analysis are all
critically important for a fully–orbed apologetic system. Presuppositionalism needs to be
ramified with evidential arguments, even if they are transposed into a transcendental key,
as supporting details in a transcendental framework. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Dogmatics))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Warrant and non-human cognition a cybernetic assessment of Plantinga's epistemology /Haymond, John Edward. January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (Th. M.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, 2006. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-146).
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