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The Relationship of Plantinga’s A/C Model of Warranted Christian Belief to the Truth Question and the Role of Arguments
                          belief as he says: “Nevertheless such historical evi       several different dimensions and I applaud it.”                                   Diller’s                  
10.6 How Can Arguments Have a Positive Role?
Diller proposes that arguments “can still serve a vital function” even when one                                                 
                                                         “the testimony of                   –                              by the Spirit is realised.”      considerations, Diller proposes “that arguments can be understood to function as warrant                     an belief.”                  
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                                         independent of the sovereign action of God, but function “within the realm of supernatural revelation and not independent from it.”
r’s approach is in my view valid and helpful. It is coherent with the key elements of Plantinga’s extended A/C model comprising the work of the    ‘Internal I    ’             Diller’s suggestion can be developed further.   
 Plantinga, ‘Internalism,       ’ 385.
 Diller, K.S., ‘Can arguments boost warrant for Christian belief? Wa    primacy of divine revelation.’ Religious Studies   
 Diller, ‘Can arguments boost warrant for Christian belief?’ 185, 190.
 Diller, ‘Can arguments boost warrant for Christian belief?’ 195 (emphasis Diller).
 Diller, ‘Can arguments boost warrant for Christian belief?’ 195.
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