The Legacy of Alvin Plantinga

The story of how philosopher Alvin Plantinga, winner of the 2017 Templeton Prize, put God back on the agenda for academic philosophy.

Featuring his college classmate and eminent Yale philosopher Nick Wolterstorff, next-generation philosophers Michael Bergmann (Purdue), Meghan Sullivan (Notre Dame), and Kevin Timpe (Calvin), and the John Templeton Foundation's Alex Arnold — with help from philosophers of religion all over the world.

Directed by Nathan Clarke and edited by Tyler Trumbo for Fourth Line Films; produced by Michael Murray and Andy Crouch for the John Templeton Foundation and the 2017 Templeton Prize.

[honawikeepa]

A great and humble man of God. Cheers from Aotearoa NZ.

[Lilinareis]

Plantinga and Wolterstorff are amazing philosophers!

[Shirohige]

Α titan of logical thinking. A towering intellectual with sharp mind and honest character.

[danielsan]

I just discovered Alvin Plantinga today! I'm excited to learn about his views and find out about this extraordinary man! :)

[JCATG]

This video never ceases to amaze me. Alvin Plantinga has been one of the greatest influences in my learning about theology, philosophy, and scientific thought. Thank God for raising up people like him who have made a rigorous and intellectually defensible case for theism, particularly the Christian faith.

I hope the Wolterstorff himself would also get the same recognition as Al had. His work was also as good as Plantingaʼs philosophical theology.

Thank you for this, Templeton Prize! God bless you.

[hellavadeal]

His book and teachings had a large influence in my life. Life can be fulfilling and filled with wonder . It is all in your attitude. Without a loving Creator, love is nothing but lustful desires to procreate. How empty that is?

[NewsRedial]

lol, that mischievous smile at the end :)

[johntobey]

I wonder if he knew Arthur Holmes at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois.

[joehinman]

when these people speak of Philosophy they mean American philosophy,

[joesmoke]

Do I have a say in this? 😊 I know God exits and because I know I don't need to prove it. Anyone who doesn't know or believe then that's fine by me.

[garretmerriam]

While Plantinga is certainly an important and influential thinker, this video gives him way too much credit. Plantinga hardly brought down the logical positivists. If anyone gets credit for that it's Quine.

[rizdekd]

The problem with bringing God back into the picture is it assumes God exists for our purposes. It assumes God is good. It assumes God is honest TO US. It assumes God cares about humans. And it assumed God does not use his power to influence our thinking in nefarious or subtle ways which both lead to incorrect conclusions or even to deleterious conclusions. God is an unknown quantity/influencer that SHOULD put to question anything humans think because God can control our thinking. SURE you can assume God is good, kind, and has our best interest at heart. But what is the evidence for that and how would one arrive at that conclusion philosophically? Since God can 'perform' or 'insert' miracles at his whim, it should put into question ANY observation such that we can never know anything for certain.

[Shirohige]

Αnyway the positivist philosophy is wrong.