tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post1078252690546531834..comments2024-03-28T05:47:54.177+00:00Comments on Philosophical Disquisitions: Reformed Epistemology (Part 2): The Attack of the PlantingasJohn Danaherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06761686258507859309noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-43218277575363036052010-01-02T23:44:56.102+00:002010-01-02T23:44:56.102+00:00Thanks for that exapologist. I was working off the...Thanks for that exapologist. I was working off the summary in Everitt, which is based on that 1983 paper. <br /><br />For anyone in the dark:<br /><br />Particularism works from what we know (i.e. the contents of our beliefs) to how we know (i.e. the criteria for knowledge).<br /><br />I've included a link to a good summary of Chisholm's particularism in the text.John Danaherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761686258507859309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-74482805648354752472010-01-02T23:07:14.949+00:002010-01-02T23:07:14.949+00:00Plantinga endorses Chisholmian particularism, and ...Plantinga endorses Chisholmian particularism, and correlatively, an inductive method for formulating criteria of proper basicality:<br /><br />"We must assemble examples of beliefs and conditions such that the former are obviously properly basic in the latter, and examples of beliefs and conditions such that the former are obviously not properly basic in the latter. We must then frame hypotheses as to the necessary and sufficient conditions of proper basicality and test these hypotheses by reference to those examples." (Plantinga, Alvin. "Reason and Belief in God", in Faith and Rationality: Reason and Belief in God (U of Notre Dame Press, 1983), p. 76.)exapologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915579495149582531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-7556951217290259952009-12-27T07:56:13.380+00:002009-12-27T07:56:13.380+00:00Cool. By the way I really enjoy the quality of pos...Cool. By the way I really enjoy the quality of posts on this blog, keep it up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-44973186245082054432009-12-26T10:21:38.359+00:002009-12-26T10:21:38.359+00:00Yes it is a rather suspicious argument. It seems t...Yes it is a rather suspicious argument. It seems to be an argument by fiat alright. I'll look at the responses to Plantinga in the next post on this.<br /><br />Might be a couple of days before I get to it though.John Danaherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761686258507859309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-65481826338869808942009-12-25T23:49:34.105+00:002009-12-25T23:49:34.105+00:00How does Plantiga establish that god beliefs and m...How does Plantiga establish that god beliefs and memory beliefs can be basic? <br /><br />Because he says so? <br /><br />To clarify I do not understand how he is able to just expand the basic belief category on a whim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com