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| Alvin Plantinga |
Taking advantage of the awarding of the Templeton Prize to the American
philosopher Alvin Plantinga, this post will try to review a few of his thoughts
in the debate between theism and materialism. As it is impossible to review all
his work in detail, I will mention just four of his ideas:
- The Mozart argument for the existence of God. Why are we able to appreciate beauty? According to the materialistic hypothesis, there is no explanation why evolution has led us to this, as it is difficult to see how this trait could be useful for our survival. Instead of good music, we should appreciate cacophony, which is more abundant in nature. If we assume that God exists, however, this fact is easy to explain, because God appreciates beauty (in fact, God is beauty). This argument, along with many others, is in this web address.
