Books written by Jonathan L. Kvanvig

The Knowability Paradox

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. Hunter, Geoffrey, 1973. Metalogic An Introduction to the Metatheory of Standard First ... Kripke, Saul, 1963. ''Semantical Considerations on Modal Logic.'' Acta Philosophica Fennica 16, pp. 83–94.
Heaven and Hell: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide

London: E. Arnold, 1906. ... of hell in recent times has been in terms of a choice model, on which, to use C. S. Lewis's memorable contrast, the doors of hell are locked, not from the outside, but rather from the inside (Lewis 1973).
The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding

The book will appeal to students and professional philosophers in epistemology.
The Possibility of an All-knowing God

The Possibility of an All-knowing God
Depicting Deity: A Metatheological Approach

Clayton , Philip and Paul Davies . 2008. The Re - Emergence of Emergence : The Emergentist Hypothesis . ... Donnellan , Keith S. 1966. “ Reference and Definite Descriptions ” Philosophical Review 75 ( 3 ) : 281–304 ...
The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding

(This assumption mirrors the as- sumption that one can't discriminate between adjacent members of the alpha series in the antiluminosity argument.) Williamson's claim is that what distinguishes the antiluminosity argument from standard ...
Faith and Humility

(Mary Oates Spratt Van Landingham) When it comes to modesty, however, the contrast is quite. * This view she shares with Hume, who held that humility was a “monkish” virtue which is really a vice ...
Coherentism: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide

This concern led to an explosion of literature on the precise conditions required for the failure of Lewis's conclusion, and various impossibility results can be found in Bovens and Hartmann 2003 and Olsson 2005.
Faith and Humility

A classic example of this distinction involves Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who both share the same information about a crime they are attempting to solve. Sherlock reflects on the evidence, and reasons his way to the conclusion that ...
Philosophy of Religion: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide

>Davies, Brian, ed. Philosophy of Religion: A Guide and Anthology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. A collection of readings in the philosophy of religion, divided in a way that mirrors quite closely the chapter divisions in ...
The Problem of Hell

In particular, Wainwright's latter suggestion concerning how to divide beings into kinds should be rejected. This suggestion is that the status principle need countenance only two kinds of beings, divine and nondivine.
Depicting Deity: A Metatheological Approach

A nice summary statement of the compatibility claim is given by Edward Wierenga , together with a defense of the derivability of notions of perfection from worship - worthiness : A suggestion Wainwright considers is that the demands of ...
The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding: Epistemic attitudinalism

Jonathan Kvanvig argues that epistemology cannot ignore the question of the value of knowledge and questions the assumption that knowledge is always more valuable than the value of its subparts....
The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding: The Gettier problem and the value of knowledge. The Gettier problem...

Jonathan Kvanvig argues that epistemology cannot ignore the question of the value of knowledge and questions the assumption that knowledge is always more valuable than the value of its subparts....
Destiny and Deliberation: Essays in Philosophical Theology

Organised thematically by the endpoints of time, the volume begins by addressing eschatological matters—the doctrines of heaven and hell—and ends with an account of divine deliberation and creation.
Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion

Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion is an annual volume offering a regular snapshot of state-of-the-art work in this longstanding area of philosophy that has seen an explosive growth of interest over the past half century.
Religious Disagreement and Pluralism

Insofar as the fact of religious diversity / disagreement gives us good reason to endorse BAD PROSPECTS , and that having good reason to endorse BAD PROSPECTS constitutes DEFEATING DOUBT , we reach the following conclusion : the fact of ...
Faith and Humility

"This book is devoted to articulating the connections between the nature and value of faith and humility.
The Possibility of an All-knowing God

The Possibility of an All-knowing God
Destiny and Deliberation: Essays in Philosophical Theology

Organized thematically by the endpoints of time, the volume begins by addressing eschatological matters--the doctrines of heaven and hell--and ends with an account of divine deliberation and creation.