Alvin Plantinga

If you believe in evolution and naturalism then you have a reason not to think your faculties are reliable.

— Alvin Plantinga

Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant;…

— Alvin Plantinga

The Christian philosopher has a perfect right to the point of view and prephilosophical assumptions he brings to philosophic work; the fact…

— Alvin Plantinga

There is superficial conflict but deep concord between science and theistic religion, but superficial concord and deep conflict between science and naturalism

— Alvin Plantinga

But lack of evidence, if indeed evidence is lacking, is no grounds for atheism. No one thinks there is good evidence for…

— Alvin Plantinga

Suppose we concede that if I had been born of Muslim parents in Morocco rather than Christian parents in Michigan, my beliefs…

— Alvin Plantinga

If we don't know that there is such a person as God, we don't know the first thing (the most important thing)…

— Alvin Plantinga

Things don't look hopeful for Darwinian naturalists.

— Alvin Plantinga

Hence our verdict on these reformulated versions of St. Anselm's argument must be as follows. They cannot, perhaps, be said to prove…

— Alvin Plantinga

To show that there are natural processes that produce religious belief does nothing, so far, to discredit it; perhaps God designed us…

— Alvin Plantinga

Reason is the power or capacity whereby we see or detect logical relationships among propositions.

— Alvin Plantinga

In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong, dreadfully wrong. There are no guarantees;…

— Alvin Plantinga

“Dawkins claims that the living world came to be by way of unguided evolution: “the Evidence of Evolution,” he says, “Reveals a…

— Alvin Plantinga

“De jure objections are arguments of claims to the effect that Christian belief, whether or not true, is at any rate unjustifiable,…

— Alvin Plantinga