Epistemology as Theology: An Evaluation of Alvin Plantinga’s Religious Epistemology
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ars Disputandi
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1566-5399
DOI: 10.1080/15665399.2007.10819954