Dr. Evan Fales, professor of philosophy at Iowa University, discusses Alvin Plantinga's famous "evolutionary argument against naturalism," and whether Plantinga has successfully shown that naturalism - the view that there is no person such as God or anything like God - cannot be rationally affirmed.

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Episode Chapters

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:51 What is naturalism?

00:11:18 What is evolution?

00:21:24 Plantinga's central claim

00:38:00 Intentionality of mental states

01:07:11 Defeaters for theism

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