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[[File:AlvinPlantinga.JPG|thumbnail|200px|right|'''Alvin Plantinga''']]

[[File:AlvinPlantinga.JPG|thumbnail|200px|right|'''Alvin Plantinga''']]

'''Alvin Carl Plantinga''',<ref>[http://www.templetonprize.org/currentwinner.html Alvin Platinga Biography]</ref> born November 15, 1932 (age {{age|1932|11|15}}), in [[Ann Arbor]], [[Michigan]], was a [[professor]] of [[philosophy]] at the [[University of Notre Dame]], South Bend, [[Indiana]].  He is known for his lectures in the debate over divine sovereignty and providence, as well as works on the existence of [[God]], including a version of the [[Ontological argument]] based on possible-worlds modality.  He is a [[Christian]], and is perhaps the worlds leading philosopher.

'''Alvin Carl Plantinga''',<ref>[http://www.templetonprize.org/currentwinner.html Alvin Platinga Biography]</ref> born November 15, 1932 (age {{age|1932|11|15}}), in [[Ann Arbor]], [[Michigan]], was a [[professor]] of [[philosophy]] at the [[University of Notre Dame]], South Bend, [[Indiana]].  He is known for his lectures in the debate over divine sovereignty and providence, as well as works on the existence of [[God]], including a version of the [[Ontological argument]] based on possible-worlds modality.  He is a [[Christian]], and one of the leading philosophers.

Plantinga is also credited, along with Wolterstorff (1976) for first articulating the argument that belief in [[God]] can be defended as properly basic.

Plantinga is also credited, along with Wolterstorff (1976) for first articulating the argument that belief in [[God]] can be defended as properly basic.

The large influence of the work of Alvin Platinga, he has re-established the case for God and Christianity in the field of academic philosophy. He thereby notes; ''“There are vastly more [[Christian]] [[philosopher]]s and vastly more visible or assertive Christian philosophy now than when I left graduate school,”'' Mr. Alvin Plantinga said in a recent telephone interview from his home in Grand Rapids, adding, with characteristic modesty, ''“I have no idea how it happened.”

'''Philosopher Sticks Up for God''' “There are vastly more [[Christian]] [[philosopher]]s and vastly more visible or assertive Christian philosophy now than when I left graduate school,” Mr. Alvin Plantinga said in a recent telephone interview from his home in Grand Rapids, adding, with characteristic modesty, “I have no idea how it happened.”

Mr. Plantinga retired from full-time teaching in 2010, with more than a dozen books and a past presidency of the American Philosophical Association to his name. But he’s hardly resting on those laurels. Having made philosophy safe for theism, he’s now turning to a harder task: making theism safe for [[science]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/books/alvin-plantingas-new-book-on-god-and-science.html?_r=1&ref=arts]''

Mr. Plantinga retired from full-time teaching in 2010, with more than a dozen books and a past presidency of the American Philosophical Association to his name. But he’s hardly resting on those laurels. Having made philosophy safe for theism, he’s now turning to a harder task: making theism safe for [[science]].  

[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/books/alvin-plantingas-new-book-on-god-and-science.html?_r=1&ref=arts]

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