Mackie vs Plantinga on the warrant of theistic belief without arguments

My aim in this paper is to critically assess two opposing theses about the epistemology of religious belief. The first one, developed by John Mackie, claims that belief in God can be justified or warranted only if there is a good argument for the existence of God. The second thesis, elaborated by Al...

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Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Navarra
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Palavra-chave:Plantinga
Natural theology
Warrant
Mackie
Epistemology of religious belief
Theistic belief
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spelling Mackie vs Plantinga on the warrant of theistic belief without argumentsFaria, D (Domingos)|||/items/34b9dbd9-f302-45f6-b9ef-e582f6e1c6b5PlantingaNatural theologyWarrantMackieEpistemology of religious beliefTheistic beliefMy aim in this paper is to critically assess two opposing theses about the epistemology of religious belief. The first one, developed by John Mackie, claims that belief in God can be justified or warranted only if there is a good argument for the existence of God. The second thesis, elaborated by Alvin Plantinga, holds that even if there is no such argument, belief in God can be justified or warranted. I contend that the first thesis is plausibly false, because belief in God is not just like a scientific hypothesis, and the second thesis is likely true if epistemic externalism is the correct view. However, even if the second thesis is true, I argue that to work on good arguments for God’s existence is unavoidable in order to cope with a new version of the Great Pumpkin objection, as well as to achieve other relevant purposes such as to convince rational observers outside the theistic community that belief in God is likely justified or warranted.Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de NavarraDadun. Depósito Académico Digital Universidad de Navarra20162016-11-1020162016-01-0120162016-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10171/42182reponame:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarrainstname:Universidad de NavarraInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/421822026-06-21T12:47:57Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Mackie vs Plantinga on the warrant of theistic belief without arguments
title Mackie vs Plantinga on the warrant of theistic belief without arguments
spellingShingle Mackie vs Plantinga on the warrant of theistic belief without arguments
Faria, D (Domingos)|||/items/34b9dbd9-f302-45f6-b9ef-e582f6e1c6b5
Plantinga
Natural theology
Warrant
Mackie
Epistemology of religious belief
Theistic belief
title_short Mackie vs Plantinga on the warrant of theistic belief without arguments
title_full Mackie vs Plantinga on the warrant of theistic belief without arguments
title_fullStr Mackie vs Plantinga on the warrant of theistic belief without arguments
title_full_unstemmed Mackie vs Plantinga on the warrant of theistic belief without arguments
title_sort Mackie vs Plantinga on the warrant of theistic belief without arguments
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Faria, D (Domingos)|||/items/34b9dbd9-f302-45f6-b9ef-e582f6e1c6b5
author Faria, D (Domingos)|||/items/34b9dbd9-f302-45f6-b9ef-e582f6e1c6b5
author_facet Faria, D (Domingos)|||/items/34b9dbd9-f302-45f6-b9ef-e582f6e1c6b5
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital Universidad de Navarra
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Plantinga
Natural theology
Warrant
Mackie
Epistemology of religious belief
Theistic belief
topic Plantinga
Natural theology
Warrant
Mackie
Epistemology of religious belief
Theistic belief
description My aim in this paper is to critically assess two opposing theses about the epistemology of religious belief. The first one, developed by John Mackie, claims that belief in God can be justified or warranted only if there is a good argument for the existence of God. The second thesis, elaborated by Alvin Plantinga, holds that even if there is no such argument, belief in God can be justified or warranted. I contend that the first thesis is plausibly false, because belief in God is not just like a scientific hypothesis, and the second thesis is likely true if epistemic externalism is the correct view. However, even if the second thesis is true, I argue that to work on good arguments for God’s existence is unavoidable in order to cope with a new version of the Great Pumpkin objection, as well as to achieve other relevant purposes such as to convince rational observers outside the theistic community that belief in God is likely justified or warranted.
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