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32 Cards in this Set
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fallacy
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flaw in reasoning
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monotheistic fallacy
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to think that if three is a god, that he revealed himself to only one group of poeple and as a direct result, caused bloodshed and war
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vested interest
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someone's belief in something because of what they have to gain from that belief
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essence
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what makes something what it is and not something else
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phenomena
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ways of encountering the essence of something
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apologetics
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use of logic and reasoning to explain and defend the belief in god
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witness
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personal testimony to how God affected someone (NOT APOLOGETICS) (subjective)
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epistemology
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the study of the validity of knowledge and opinions
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religious subjectivism
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Pocket Handbook...Kreeft...the incorrect assumption by people that "what is right for you may be wrong for me"...truth is not subjective
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Meeting the Living God (Theology, Belief, Religion)
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Theology - what you know about the God question.
Belief - what you accept of what you know about the god question. Religion - what you do about what you know about the God question. |
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universal subjectivism
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claims taht all truth is subjective, that is dependent upon the knower (PHCA)
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primary reality
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(truth) the way things are "independent of the knower and his consciousness"
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secondary reality
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"our interpretation of phenomenon" ---inside the mind- validated only by evidence found in primary reality.
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opinion
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only as good as the objective data that backs it up...AN IMPERFECT GRASP OF THE TRUTH...always biased because of vested interests and partial knowledge
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objective truth
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independent of the knower and his consciousness
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subjective truth
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dependent upon the knower (opinion)
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truth
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the correspondence of what you know or say to what is
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alternative theories of truth
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pragmatic, empiricist, rationalist, coherent
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Pragmatist Theory of Truth
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truth is what works...what works is subjective, and therefore truth is not what works
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empiricist theory of truth
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truth is what we can sense...it is not empirical enough, we can't sense freedom but we know it exists
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rationalist theory of truth
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truth is what can be clearly and distinctly understood by reason...not all truth is perfectly clear, law of non-contradiction (something cannot be true and untrue at the exact same time)
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Coherence Theory of Truth
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truth is not a relationship of correspondence between an idea and its external object but the coherence of oneness or harmony among a set of ideas
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left brained
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leans toward logic, analysis
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right brained
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leans toward interpersonal, intuitive thought, emphasis on feeling and reaction
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reason
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rational thought, logic, analysis, synthesis
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5 Steps in the process of knowing
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1. percieve
2. categorize 3. evaluate 4. express 5. critique |
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real knowledge
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derived from life experiences, firsthand, experiential, certain (subjectively)
common sense - easily confused with opinion, sense of obviousness firsthand observation - what we witness ourselves |
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notional knowledge
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an idea or thought, what we know by concluding from evidence, reason, and authority...WHAT WE CONCLUDE
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Three Types of Notional Knowledge
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induction - walks fine line with stereotyping...many examples that form a generalization of that group
deduction - many generalizations that you apply to an example analogy - describes the lesser known in terms of the better known |
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testimony
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can be either expert or eyewitness personal
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Greatest Enemy to the belief in God
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Indifference - i dont care to question whether or not god exists
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Faith
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calculated risk, not a blind leap
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