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Chapter 4
Oliphint’s first published response to Plantinga’s work started with an extreme statement. In his review of Plantinga’s first two volumes in the Warrant dependent referring to Plantinga’s earlier book God and Other Minds Warranted Christian Belief
4.2 Response to Plantinga’s Epistemology
Calvin and others that “one’s true knowledge of God is the only foundation upon which any other true knowledge or belief must rest.” hypothesis. He concludes that: “A Reformed epistemology will need to make clear at the avenues through which true knowledge can be had.” This response shows Oliphint’s
Oliphint’s review essay of Plantinga’s third volume in the Warrant de facto de jure de jure basic complaint is still there as he states: “The issue of the truth of Christianity is an issue that is front and center through a good bit of Plantinga’s discussion, but is, after all and done, an issue that lies, for the most part, dormant in the discussion.”
Oliphint, ‘Plantinga on Warrant.’
God and Other Minds: A Study in the Rational Justification of Belief in God
‘Plantinga vs. Oliphint: And the Winner Is...,’ Calvin Theological Journal ‘Contemporary Religious Epistemology: Some Key Aspects,’ in: D.A. Carson (ed.), The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures
Oliphint, ‘Epistemology and Christian Belief,’
He even labelled Plantinga’s epistemology as ‘anti Christian;’ Oliphint, ‘Plantinga on Warrant,’ from Kelly Clark in his article ‘Plantinga vs. Oliphint,’
Oliphint, ‘Plantinga on Warrant,’ 433.
Oliphint, ‘Plantinga on Warrant,’ 435.
Oliphint, ‘Epistemology and Christian Belief.’
Oliphint, ‘Epistemology and Christian Belief,’ 181.
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