Reason, Metaphysics, and Mind New Essays on the Philosophy of Alvin Plantinga

In May 2010, philosophers, family and friends gathered at the University of Notre Dame to celebrate the career and retirement of Alvin Plantinga, widely recognized as one of the world's leading figures in metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of religion. Plantinga has earned particular respect within the community of Christian philosophers for the pivotal role that he played in the recent renewal and development of philosophy of religion and philosophical theology. Each of the essays in this volume engages with some particular aspect of Plantinga's views on metaphysics, epistemology, or philosophy of religion. Contributors include Michael Bergman, Ernest Sosa, Trenton Merricks, Richard Otte, Peter VanInwagen, Thomas P. Flint, Eleonore Stump, Dean Zimmerman and Nicholas Wolterstorff. The volume also includes responses to each essay by Bas van Fraassen, Stephen Wykstra, David VanderLaan, Robin Collins, Raymond VanArragon, E. J. Coffman, Thomas Crisp, and Donald Smith.

1. Introduction. 2. Commonsense Skeptical Theism. 3. The Varieties of Accidental Necessity. 4.Singular Propositions. 5.Theory Comparison in Science and Religion. 6. Descartes and Virtue Epistemology. 7. The Value of the Atonement. 8. Causation and the Mental. 9.The Providential Usefulness of 'Simple Foreknowledge'. 10. Then, Now, and Al.

Kelly James Clark is Professor of Philosophy, Calvin College Michael Rea is Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame