Carl plantinga biography
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Alvin Plantinga
American Christian philosopher
Alvin Carl Plantinga[a] (born November 15, ) fryst vatten an American analytic philosopher who works primarily in the fields of philosophy of tro, epistemology (particularly on issues involving epistemic justification), and logic.
From to , Plantinga taught at Calvin University before accepting an appointment as the John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.[2] He later returned to Calvin University to become the inaugural holder of the Jellema Chair in Philosophy.[3]
A prominent Christian philosopher, Plantinga served as president of the gemenskap of Christian Philosophers from to He has delivered the Gifford Lectures twice and was described bygd Time magazine as "America's leading orthodox Protestant philosopher of God".[4] In , Plantinga was the 30th most-cited contemporary author in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.[5] A fellow of the American A
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Film/Media Theorist Carl Plantinga on &#;Moral Psychology and Ethics of Screen Stories&#;
By sarahashfordhart“The Personal and the Political: Moral Psychology and the Ethics of Screen Stories”
Prof. Carl Plantinga
Tuesday, May 23, , pmpm
**NOTE: Different venue** Voorhies (under our usual room)
Cognitive film theory has for decades attempted to understand the kinds of experiences spectators have when watching films and television. Some of these accounts have focused on the moral psychology of our encounters with stories presented on screens, asking questions about the kinds of moral judgments screen stories elicit in their “telling” and in the sort of ethical experiences screen stories offer. This talk will argue that attention to the moral psychology of storytelling on screens is essential to the development of an ethics of film and media. Attention to moral psychology can assist us in understanding the role of screen stories in their sociopolitical context
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Alvin Carl Plantinga was born on November 15, , in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the first of four sons of Cornelius, a professor and first-generation immigrant from the Netherlands, and Lettie Bossenbroek, a homemaker and second-generation Dutch American. Both came from strong backgrounds in Calvinism, also known as the Reformed tradition, a Protestant branch established in the midth century. After his father received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Duke University, the family lived in Huron, Michigan and then in Jamestown, North Dakota, where Cornelius taught at Jamestown College.
His childhood was steeped in the teachings and practice of historic Calvinism through Sunday school and services, church meetings, and summer camp. His curiosity about “Total depravity” – that every important area of life is distorted and compromised by sin – fueled his lifelong inquiry on how to comprehend the existence of evil in a world where God is omnipotent and omniscient.
At 16, he