tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post8253566736502320140..comments2023-05-20T07:46:10.187-07:00Comments on ex-apologist: plantinga's proper functionalismexapologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09915579495149582531noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-49672583056158742012010-02-05T13:35:31.668-08:002010-02-05T13:35:31.668-08:00Hi Steve,
No, it's not quite that wacky. It&#...Hi Steve,<br /><br />No, it's not quite that wacky. It's not sufficient that the person believes it with sufficient firmness. It must also meet several other conditions to be warranted:<br />i) it must be produced by properly functioning cognitive faculties<br />ii) the relevant cognitive faculties must be successfully aimed at truth<br />iii) the environment in which the belief is formed must be epistemically congenial<br />and<br />iv) the belief must be subject to no undefeated defeaters (i.e., reasons against the belief that haven't been undercut or rebutted)<br /><br />Best,<br />EAexapologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915579495149582531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-59297389456886551572010-02-05T09:42:10.916-08:002010-02-05T09:42:10.916-08:00As a self confessed sub-intelligent sub-intellectu...As a self confessed sub-intelligent sub-intellectual, what comes to mind here are the believers in the 'shape-shifting extra-terrestrial reptillian (and hybrid) overlords who are ruling our planet' types. Am I correct in my understanding of Plantinga's rational that if they believe it with sufficcient depth and sincerity that this belief can be taken as knowledge? <br /><br />Say it ain't so, Joe!Steve Schulerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17507446648186799208noreply@blogger.com