C. S. Lewis is probably the most famous Christian “armchair” philosophers. It is (past) time for both the Christian and non-Christian worlds to learn of and from one of the most eminent professional Christian philosophers, Dr. Alvin Plantinga.
Plantinga over the decades has developed some of the most
philosophically rigorous defenses of theism and devastating critiques of
naturalism. Chances are you have heard or even used some of his arguments in
your apologetics discussions without even knowing it.
David J. Theroux of The Independent Institute (where
Plantinga is on one of the Boards of Advisors) has written a wonderful
introductory piece
honoring Plantinga’s reception of the University of Pittsbrgh’s Nicholas
Rescher Prize for Contributions to Systematic Philosophy.
I strongly urge you to read it. In addition to honoring
Plantinga, it outlines his major contributions, and offers many good links to
books, articles and videos of Plantinga’s work. If you have any interest or
concern about the worldview struggles in our culture and want to better
understand how to respond to naturalistic attacks on your faith, personally and
in the culture, this is required reading.
SDG
