Knowledge And Reality

by Crisp, Thomas M.; Davidson, Matthew; Vander Laan, David

• ISBN13: 9781402047329
• ISBN10: 1402047320
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-14
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This volume comprises essays presented to Alvin Plantinga on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Plantinga is one of the leading figures in Anglo-American metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of religion; his work in these areas has been the focus of wide scholarly attention. This collection of essays, all of which were written specifically for this volume in honor of Plantinga's 70th birthday, ranges broadly over topics in metaphysics and epistemology and includes contributions by some of the best philosophers writing today. The volume will be of particular interest to metaphysicians, epistemologists, philosophers of religion and theologians as it includes important recent work by some of the leading thinkers in these fields.With contributions from William P. Alston, Michael Bergmann, Richard Fumerton, Jenann Ismael, Jonathan Kvanvig, Trenton Merricks, Richard Otte, John Pollock, Michael C. Rea, Eleonore Stump, James Tomberlin, Peter van Inwagen, Nicholas Wolterstorff, and Keith Yandell.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
CHAPTER 1: Actualism and Presentism	1	(14)
JAMES E. TOMBERLIN
CHAPTER 2: Properties	15	(20)
PETER VAN INWAGEN
CHAPTER 3: So You Think You Exist? In Defense of Nolipsism	35	(28)
JENANN ISMAEL AND JOHN L. POLLOCK
CHAPTER 4: Substance and Artifact in Aquinas's Metaphysics	63	(18)
ELEONORE STUMP
CHAPTER 5: Epistemology and Metaphysics	81	(30)
WILLIAM P. ALSTON
CHAPTER 6: Historicizing the Belief-Forming Self	111	(26)
NICHOLAS WOLTERSTORFF
CHAPTER 7: A Dilemma for Internalism	137	(42)
MICHAEL BERGMANN
CHAPTER 8: Epistemic Internalism, Philosophical Assurance and the Skeptical Predicament	179	(14)
RICHARD FUMERTON
CHAPTER 9: Scientific Naturalism and the Value of Knowledge	193	(22)
JONATHAN KVANVIG
CHAPTER 10: Naturalism and Moral Realism	215	(28)
MICHAEL C. REA
CHAPTER 11: A Problem with Bayesian Conditionalization	243	(14)
RICHARD OTTE
CHAPTER 12: Materialism and Post-Mortem Survival	257	(42)
KEITH E. YANDELL
CHAPTER 13: Split Brains and the Godhead	299	(28)
TRENTON MERRICKS
Index	327