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Theological Responses to Plantinga’s A/C Model – James Beilby
sees ‘typical’ faith (interpreted as not necessarily strong) in opposition to ‘paradigmatic’
case of weak faith, the ‘success’ condition for warrant is met. What does ‘ ’ here? Is it the strength or the ‘quantity’ of the belief formed, or can it also refer to the ‘ ’
corded in Mark 9:24 “I believe; help my unbelief!” Does this man’s , the man’s request of Jesus for the healing of his son is granted. Without going further into the details of this topic, I think that Plantinga’s model does not have to
object, and this may in turn even help to strengthen the belief. In this way, Plantinga’s goal
Epistemology as Theology
Van der Kooi, ‘The Assurance of Faith: A Theme in Reformed Dogmatics in Light of Alvin Plantinga’s Epistemology,’ Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie
Beilby concludes that “his religious epistemology is applicable to more than just academics”; see Beilby, ‘Contemporary Religious Epistemology: Some Key Aspects,’ 830.
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