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Alvin Plantinga's free-will defense is a logical argument developed by the American analytic philosopher Alvin Plantinga and published in its final version in his 1977 book God, Freedom, and Evil.[1]

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  1. 31 relations: Alvin Plantinga, Analytic philosophy, Antony Flew, Augustine of Hippo, Best of all possible worlds, Bethel University (Indiana), Christian theology, Compatibilism, Counterfactual conditional, David Ray Griffin, Free will, God, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Graham Oppy, Incompatibilism, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Luis de Molina, Modal logic, Molinism, Moral evil, Omnibenevolence, Omnipotence, Omniscience, Prima facie, Problem of evil, Robert Merrihew Adams, Satan, Theism, Theodicy, William Alston, William L. Rowe.

  2. Christian apologetics
  3. Theodicy

Alvin Plantinga

Alvin Carl Plantinga (born November 15, 1932) is an American analytic philosopher who works primarily in the fields of philosophy of religion, epistemology (particularly on issues involving epistemic justification), and logic.

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Analytic philosophy

Analytic philosophy is a broad, contemporary movement or tradition within Western philosophy and especially anglophone philosophy, focused on analysis.

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Antony Flew

Antony Garrard Newton Flew (11 February 1923 – 8 April 2010) was an English philosopher.

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Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo (Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.

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Best of all possible worlds

The phrase "the best of all possible worlds" (Le meilleur des mondes possibles; Die beste aller möglichen Welten) was coined by the German polymath and Enlightenment philosopher Gottfried Leibniz in his 1710 work Essais de Théodicée sur la bonté de Dieu, la liberté de l'homme et l'origine du mal (Essays of Theodicy on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil), more commonly known simply as the Theodicy. Alvin Plantinga's free-will defense and best of all possible worlds are theodicy.

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Bethel University (Indiana)

Bethel University is a private Christian university in Mishawaka, Indiana.

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Christian theology

Christian theology is the theology – the systematic study of the divine and religion – of Christian belief and practice.

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Compatibilism

Compatibilism is the belief that free will and determinism are mutually compatible and that it is possible to believe in both without being logically inconsistent. Alvin Plantinga's free-will defense and Compatibilism are free will.

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Counterfactual conditional

Counterfactual conditionals (also contrafactual, subjunctive or X-marked) are conditional sentences which discuss what would have been true under different circumstances, e.g. "If Peter believed in ghosts, he would be afraid to be here." Counterfactuals are contrasted with indicatives, which are generally restricted to discussing open possibilities.

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David Ray Griffin

David Ray Griffin (August 8, 1939 – November 2022) was an American professor of philosophy of religion and theology and a 9/11 conspiracy theorist.

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Free will

Free will is the capacity or ability to choose between different possible courses of action.

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God

In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (– 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat who invented calculus in addition to many other branches of mathematics, such as binary arithmetic, and statistics.

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Graham Oppy

Graham Robert Oppy (born 1960) is an Australian philosopher whose main area of research is the philosophy of religion.

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Incompatibilism

Incompatibilism is the view that the thesis of determinism is logically incompatible with the classical thesis of free will. Alvin Plantinga's free-will defense and Incompatibilism are free will.

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Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP) is a scholarly online encyclopedia with 880 articles about philosophy, philosophers, and related topics.

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Luis de Molina

Luis de Molina (29 September 1535 – 12 October 1600) was a Spanish Jesuit priest, theologian and jurist follower of Second scholasticism of the School of Salamanca.

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Modal logic is a kind of logic used to represent statements about necessity and possibility.

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Molinism

Molinism, named after 16th-century Spanish Jesuit theologian Luis de Molina, is the thesis that God has middle knowledge (or scientia media): the knowledge of counterfactuals, particularly counterfactuals regarding human action.

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Moral evil

Moral evil is any morally negative event caused by the intentional action or inaction of an agent, such as a person.

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Omnibenevolence

Omnibenevolence is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "unlimited or infinite benevolence".

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Omnipotence

Omnipotence is the quality of having unlimited power.

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Omniscience

Omniscience is the capacity to know everything.

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Prima facie

Prima facie is a Latin expression meaning "at first sight", or "based on first impression".

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Problem of evil

The problem of evil is the philosophical question of how to reconcile the existence of evil and suffering with an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient God. Alvin Plantinga's free-will defense and problem of evil are Christian apologetics.

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Robert Merrihew Adams

Robert Merrihew Adams (September 8, 1937 – April 16, 2024) was an American analytic philosopher, who specialized in metaphysics, philosophy of religion, ethics, and the history of early modern philosophy.

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Satan

Satan, also known as the Devil, is an entity in Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin or falsehood.

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Theism

Theism is broadly defined as the belief in the existence of at least one deity.

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Theodicy

In the philosophy of religion, a theodicy (meaning 'vindication of God', from Ancient Greek θεός theos, "god" and δίκη dikē, "justice") is an argument that attempts to resolve the problem of evil that arises when all power and all goodness are simultaneously ascribed to God. Alvin Plantinga's free-will defense and theodicy are Christian apologetics.

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William Alston

William Payne Alston (November 29, 1921 – September 13, 2009) was an American philosopher.

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William L. Rowe

William Leonard Rowe (July 26, 1931 – August 22, 2015) was a professor of philosophy at Purdue University who specialized in the philosophy of religion.

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See also

Christian apologetics

Theodicy

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Plantinga's_free-will_defense

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