Naturalism defeated? <subTitle>Essays on Plantinga's evolutionary argument against naturalism</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Beilby, James K.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Editor</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">7:0</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">USA</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Cornell University Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2002</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>283tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback</extent> <extent>25cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Plantinga's argument is aimed at metaphysical naturalism or roughly the view that no supernatural beings exist. Naturalism is typically conjoined with evolution as an explanation of the existence and diversity of life. Plantinga's claim is that one who holds to the truth of both naturalism and evolution is irrational in doing so. More specifically, because the probability that unguided evolution would have produced reliable cognitive faculties is either low or inscrutable, one who holds both naturalism and evolution acquires a `defeater` for every belief he/she holds, including the beliefs associated with naturalism and evolution</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">James K. Beilby</note> <subject> <topic>Plantinga, Alvin</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">210.92</classification> <classification authority="ddc">J27-B42</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0801487633</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/11/4/3217.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/11/4/3217.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2022-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070822.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>