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The OUP Philosophy team congratulates analytic philosopher Alvin Plantinga, recipient of the 2017 Templeton Prize! The prize is awarded annually to “a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works. Established in 1972 by the late Sir John Templeton, the Prize aims, in his words, to identify "entrepreneurs of the spirit"—outstanding individuals who have devoted their talents to expanding our vision of human purpose and ultimate reality.”

Plantinga is the John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, and the inaugural holder of the Jellema Chair in Philosophy at Calvin College.

We have highlighted some of our best resources on Plantinga below, including two chapters from his influential Warrant trilogy, published by OUP in 1993 and 2000.

“The New Picture.” Chapter 4 of Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism by Alvin Plantinga.

“Justification, Internalism, and Deontology.” Chapter 1 of Warrant: The Current Debate by Alvin Plantinga (1993).

“Warrant: a First Approximation.” Chapter 1 of Warrant and Proper Function by Alvin Plantinga (1993)

“Ideally sized islands: Reply to Danielyan, Garrett and Plantinga” by Milo Crimi. From the journal Analysis.

“Augustinian Christian Philosophy” by Alvin Plantinga. From The Monist.

“Epistemology in Philosophy of Religion”by Philip L. Quinn. From The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology, edited by Paul K. Moser.

Adrian Piper (b. 1948) is an American conceptual artist and Kantian philosopher. #PalianSHOW

Adrian Margaret Smith Piper(born September 20, 1948)is an American conceptual artist and Kantian philosopher.Her work addresses how and why those involved in more than one discipline may experience professional ostracism, otherness, racial passing, and racism by using various traditional and non-traditional media to provoke self-analysis. She uses reflection on her own career as an…

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Gute Nacht

Die Sonne immer lacht,

wie sie deinen Schlaf bewacht,

dafür sendet sie dir den Mond,

der es mit sanftem Licht betont,

bis die Erde sich wieder sonnt,

wenn der Morgen wieder kommt.

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without burning them, people probably lived for years thinking that burnt on the outside, raw on the inside marshmallows were the only possibility. Then one patient soul held their mallow two feet above the fire for a half hour until it was perfectly roasted with a shell as golden as a wheat sunset, and a core as molten as warm honey in the afternoon sunlight. From that day on, the bar would be raised, and the maximum potential would be known, but never repeatable.

Would that person be a hero for bringing enlightenment, or a malicious trickster for tempting mortals with perfection they cannot have?