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“The Christian philosopher has a perfect right to the point of view and prephilosophical assumptions he brings to philosophic work; the fact that these are not widely shared outside the Christian or theistic community is interesting but fundamentally irrelevant.”

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Alvin Plantinga
Alvin Plantinga

Alvin Plantinga is a distinguished American philosopher recognized for his contributions to the philosophy of religion, epistemology, and metaphysics. He is particularly known for his work on the argument from evil and the problem of divine hiddenness. more

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