The discovery of evolution by natural selection arguably did more to reinforce naturalism than any other single discovery in science. However, not everyone agrees that Darwinian evolution was a blow against god. In fact, Alvin Plantinga, a Christian apologist, thinks that you can’t believe both in Darwinism and naturalism simultaneously — they’re incompatible. We discuss his famous argument and also wonder why god is such an incompetent engineer.
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Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism [wiki]
Alvin Plantinga on EAAN [YouTube]
Warrant and Proper Function – Alvin Plantinga (Excerpt) [Google Books]
rd23 Plantinga Schmantinga [Reasonable Doubts Podcast]
Massimo Pigliucci on EAAN [Rationally Speaking Blog]
List of Cognitive Biases [wiki]
A Critique of Plantinga’s Probabilities in EAAN [PDF]
(I didn’t cover this part of the argument, but I would’ve pointed out that in Plantinga’s Bayesian reasoning, he sets his priors absurdly low.)
Richard Dawkins on Evolution [YouTube]
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