And from that I have to assume you haven't actually read his work...
You don't doubt his reasoning skills, but you this he is unable to appreciate a logical and rational argument? How are those two statements not a contradiction?
As for his abilities, how about this: Plantinga was the one who defeated Rowe's argument from evil, He started the post-positivism boom of Christian philosophy, his work in "The nature of necessity" is praised by philosophers regardless of their religious beliefs and his early "God and other minds" was a fairly serious challenge for many epistemologies. Yeah, he's got a Christian agenda, but we can hardly blame him for his indoctrinated delusion
He didn't redefine epistemology (a theory of knowledge and justification) at all, he developed an epistemology that was compatible with his theism and to be honest it was probably the best attempt there has ever been, especially considering his Calvanism and all the bizarre things that it entails.
You don't doubt his reasoning skills, but you this he is unable to appreciate a logical and rational argument? How are those two statements not a contradiction?
As for his abilities, how about this: Plantinga was the one who defeated Rowe's argument from evil, He started the post-positivism boom of Christian philosophy, his work in "The nature of necessity" is praised by philosophers regardless of their religious beliefs and his early "God and other minds" was a fairly serious challenge for many epistemologies. Yeah, he's got a Christian agenda, but we can hardly blame him for his indoctrinated delusion
He didn't redefine epistemology (a theory of knowledge and justification) at all, he developed an epistemology that was compatible with his theism and to be honest it was probably the best attempt there has ever been, especially considering his Calvanism and all the bizarre things that it entails.
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