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30 Cards in this Set
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Philosophy is used as a . . .
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Intellectual Tool
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What are the three world views?
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-Theism
-Pantheism -Naturalism |
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What is Theism?
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-God is the central idea
-God does not depend on the world, the world is dependent on God -Man is made in the image of God -Man is responsible to him |
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What is Pantheism?
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-God is everything and everything is God
-The world is an overflowing of God -Man seams real but is not really real. An allusion. |
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What is Naturalism?
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-A naturalist would reject the idea of a creator God.
-Man is a part of nature, unguided from evolution. -None believe we have a purpose. Methodological naturalism- the approach to science metaphysical naturalism- w.v. is the nature |
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Philosophical Ideas: Type 1
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Single Ideas. Ex: God, Justice, Beauty.
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Phil. Ideas: Type 2
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Basic beliefs or theories about type 1 phil. ideas.
Ex: The belief that God exists, that beauty is subjective. |
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Phil. Ideas: Type 3
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These are implications of type 2 phil. ideas.
Ex: If beauty is subjective, then anything at all can be beautiful. |
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What is an empirical question?
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any question that we can answer just by looking at the world.
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what is a philosophical question?
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any question that we cannot answer just by looking at the world. To answer such a question we must use our skills in philosophy.
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What are the three major divisions of Philosophy?
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1. Ethics
2. Metaphysics 3. Epistemology |
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Ethics
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the philosophical study of morality
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Metaphysics
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the philosophical study of the basic features of reality
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Epistemology
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the philosophical study of knowledge and belief
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What are the four sub divisions of philosophy?
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1. Science
2. Religion 3. Political 4. Art (aesthetics) |
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In the Euthyphro Lecture what are the two views?
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1. Divine Command View
2. The divine wisdom view/ divine reason view |
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What is the divine command view?
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an action is right because God commands it.
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What is the divine wisdom view/ divine reason view?
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God commands something because it is right.
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morally right
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fits lifes design
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morally wrong
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does not fit with lifes design
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What are the three worldview defense points from the narrowness lecture?
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1. The idea of truth
2. Logical Consistency 3. The idea of belief |
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Ethics
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The philosophical study of morality
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ethical egoism
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-doing something to benefit oneself
-your focus has to be yourself |
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philosophical egoism
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humans SHOULD be motivated by self-interest
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What are the 5 sections from Nash Chapter 3?
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1. The test of reason
2. The test of experience 3. The test of practice 4. A question about method 5. The problem of certainty |
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The test of reason
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-reason is not an enemy of the christian faith
-worldviews should always be submitted to the test of the law of noncontradiction (inconsistency is always a sign of error) -should never be the only criterion by which we evaluate worldviews |
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The test of experience
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-worldviews should be relevant to what we know about the world and ourselves
1. the test of the outer world (help us understand the world) 2. Test of the inner world (help us understand ourselves) |
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The test of practice
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Can the person professing his world view live consistently with the view he's professing.
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A question about method
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Different methods that people use:
-the interpretor -history -fictual detectives -scientifical approach |
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The problem of certainty
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-logical certainty
-moral certainty |
