Introduction 1. The Cartesian Dream 2. Quinean Tonic 3. Naturalized Epistemology Reformed 4. Terms of Engagement 5. The Evolution of the Evolutionary Argument 6. Elimination Game 7. The Probability Thesis 8. The Defeater Thesis 9. The End of the Argument 10. Analogies, Coherence and Evolution 11. Expanding the Target 12. Loose Ends Bibliography Index
Provides a rigorous defence of Alvin Plantinga’s Evolutionary Argument against Naturalism in order to show that evolution and naturalism are incompatible.
Jim Slagle is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy the University of Portland, USA.
This is the most powerful defense to date of Alvin Plantinga’s
Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism. Slagle deftly shows that
our modern belief in naturalism conflicts with belief content,
truth-value, and relevance thus rendering our cognitive processes
unreliable. We can rationally accept evolution only by rejecting
naturalism. A hugely important study.
*Paul Herrick, Professor of Philosophy, Shoreline Community
College, USA*
In this book, Slagle offers a careful and well thought out
reconstruction and defense of Plantinga’s proper function
epistemology and, especially, his Evolutionary Argument Against
Naturalism (EAAN). He defends various versions of the EAAN against
a broad array of objections, including mine. In doing so, he makes
the most thorough defense of Plantinga’s EAAN that I know of. I
highly recommend this book to anyone seriously interested in
Plantinga’s EAAN.
*William J. Talbott, Professor of Philosophy, University of
Washington, Seattle, USA*
Like Anselm’s ontological argument, McTaggart’s argument for the
unreality of time and many other celebrated philosophical
arguments, Plantinga’s Evolutionary Arguments Against Naturalism is
as intriguing as it is controversial. Jim Slagle shows why. But he
is not an innocent by-stander. He ably discusses many objections
that have been brought against it. In defence of it. A must-read
for everyone who is seriously interested in philosophical
naturalism.
*Rene van Woudenberg, Department of Philosophy, Vrije Universiteit,
the Netherlands*
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