The ‘Diderot Objection’ to Plantinga's Reformed Epistemology

In response to Pascal's famous wager argument for adopting Christian belief, Denis Diderot noted that ‘An Imam could just as well reason this way’. In this article, I will show how Diderot's observation about Pascal's argument can legitimately be made about Alvin Plantinga's Refo...

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Main Author: Aijaz, Imran (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2024
In: Religious studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 60, Issue: 1, Pages: 123-146
Further subjects:B Islamic philosophy of religion
B Reformed Epistemology
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