Alvin Plantinga

Alvin Plantinga is an American analytic philosopher who works primarily in the fields of philosophy of religion, epistemology (particularly on issues involving epistemic justification), and logic. Plantinga taught at Calvin University before accepting an appointment as the John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He later returned to Calvin University to become the inaugural holder of the Jellema Chair in Philosophy.

A prominent Christian philosopher, Plantinga served as president of the Society of Christian Philosophers from 1983 to 1986. He has delivered the Gifford Lectures two times and was described by Time magazine as "America's leading orthodox Protestant philosopher of God". A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he was awarded the Templeton Prize in 2017.

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Whether ID is Science isn’t Semantics

Judge John Jones gave two arguments for his conclusion that ID is not science. Both are unsound, says Alvin Plantinga
Alvin Plantinga
March 7, 2006
Judge John Jones’ 139-page opinion in Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District raises questions that go far beyond the legalities of this specific case. I won’t offer an opinion on whether the judge’s decision is correct — although apparently he’s never met an objection to intelligent design he doesn’t like and some of his “findings” seem vastly more sweeping than is appropriate. First, a general question: What sorts of issues can a judge decide just by fiat? Jones rules, among other things, that: ID is just warmed-over creation scienceID tries to change the very definition of scienceThe scientific community has refuted the criticisms of evolution brought by the IDersID involves a kind of dualism and that this dualism is doomed. But how can …