Towart 1 - Personal.psu.edu
... there can be coherent empty statements that reveal nothing about reality. There can also be consistent statements made by a group who conspire to misrepresent the facts and so are in fact, false. And so the best that can be said of this theory is that statements may not be true even if they are cons ...
... there can be coherent empty statements that reveal nothing about reality. There can also be consistent statements made by a group who conspire to misrepresent the facts and so are in fact, false. And so the best that can be said of this theory is that statements may not be true even if they are cons ...
ABSOLUTE TRUTH AS CONTRASTED WITH
... there can be coherent empty statements that reveal nothing about reality. There can also be consistent statements made by a group who conspire to misrepresent the facts and so are in fact, false. And so the best that can be said of this theory is that statements may not be true even if they are cons ...
... there can be coherent empty statements that reveal nothing about reality. There can also be consistent statements made by a group who conspire to misrepresent the facts and so are in fact, false. And so the best that can be said of this theory is that statements may not be true even if they are cons ...
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... If 2 is true then it follows that if the There is a possible world in which possible world is actual, it would have maximal greatness is instantiated been impossible that there be no such Necessarily, a being is maximally being. great only if it has maximal excellence in every world. Notice that 3 a ...
... If 2 is true then it follows that if the There is a possible world in which possible world is actual, it would have maximal greatness is instantiated been impossible that there be no such Necessarily, a being is maximally being. great only if it has maximal excellence in every world. Notice that 3 a ...
Wesley`s Limited Alliance with Lockean Empiricism
... On the whole, Wesley expressed mixed emotions regarding Reid. He was “greatly delighted” by the first part of Reid’s Essay on the Intellectual Powers of Man. He claimed that the latter part was too obscure and disappointing, though he admitted that his negative sentiments were probably tainted by hi ...
... On the whole, Wesley expressed mixed emotions regarding Reid. He was “greatly delighted” by the first part of Reid’s Essay on the Intellectual Powers of Man. He claimed that the latter part was too obscure and disappointing, though he admitted that his negative sentiments were probably tainted by hi ...
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... Lesson One: Of the Holy Scripture (WCF 1) The renewed realization of the sole authority of Scripture alone along with a clear development of the doctrine of Scripture as the absolute foundation was the underlying cause of the Reformation. The Catholic Church refused to translate the Scriptures from ...
... Lesson One: Of the Holy Scripture (WCF 1) The renewed realization of the sole authority of Scripture alone along with a clear development of the doctrine of Scripture as the absolute foundation was the underlying cause of the Reformation. The Catholic Church refused to translate the Scriptures from ...
1 Timothy 1:1-4 - Third Millennium Ministries
... deny that Paul intended also to teach and admonish him; but my, view of the Epistle is, that it contains many things which it would have been superfluous to write, if he had had to deal with Timothy alone. He was a young man, not yet clothed with that authority which would have been sufficient for r ...
... deny that Paul intended also to teach and admonish him; but my, view of the Epistle is, that it contains many things which it would have been superfluous to write, if he had had to deal with Timothy alone. He was a young man, not yet clothed with that authority which would have been sufficient for r ...
DEFUSING THE COMMONSENSE PROBLEM OF EVIL Chris
... Suppose it seems to you that it’s raining. Suppose you also believe that it’s raining. What is the relation between the two? Intuitively, one supports the other. The factors that contribute to your justification that it’s raining are not only that it seems to you that it’s raining but also the fact ...
... Suppose it seems to you that it’s raining. Suppose you also believe that it’s raining. What is the relation between the two? Intuitively, one supports the other. The factors that contribute to your justification that it’s raining are not only that it seems to you that it’s raining but also the fact ...
The “Silence” of Wittgenstein and Kraus
... The most significant change in how he went about it is the replacement of analysis by context as the dominant crux of clarification, as elaborated in the opening sixty-five sections of the Philosophical Investigations.6 Analysis may still be a method of clarification where truth-claims are involved ...
... The most significant change in how he went about it is the replacement of analysis by context as the dominant crux of clarification, as elaborated in the opening sixty-five sections of the Philosophical Investigations.6 Analysis may still be a method of clarification where truth-claims are involved ...
Giambattista Vico`s Idea Of "Progress": The Collapse Of Reason
... has certainly been made by men, and that its principles are therefore to be found in the modifications of our own mind. Whoever reflects on this cannot but marvel that the philosophers should have bent all their energies to the study of the world of nature, which, since God made it, He alone knows; ...
... has certainly been made by men, and that its principles are therefore to be found in the modifications of our own mind. Whoever reflects on this cannot but marvel that the philosophers should have bent all their energies to the study of the world of nature, which, since God made it, He alone knows; ...
Peter Kreeft-The philosophy of Thomas Aquinas
... favorite theologian. But religious authority is not the main reason I think Aquinas is great. I was a Thomist in philosophy for years before I became a Catholic in religion. Many of the greatest modern admirers of Aquinas are Protestants, Anglicans, or even agnostics. Aquinas didn’t think of himself ...
... favorite theologian. But religious authority is not the main reason I think Aquinas is great. I was a Thomist in philosophy for years before I became a Catholic in religion. Many of the greatest modern admirers of Aquinas are Protestants, Anglicans, or even agnostics. Aquinas didn’t think of himself ...
all of grace
... the door; but she did not answer. He concluded she was not at home, and went his way. A little after he met her at the church, and told her that he had remembered her need: “I called at your house, and knocked several times, and I suppose you were not at home, for I had no answer.” “At what hour did ...
... the door; but she did not answer. He concluded she was not at home, and went his way. A little after he met her at the church, and told her that he had remembered her need: “I called at your house, and knocked several times, and I suppose you were not at home, for I had no answer.” “At what hour did ...
CLASSICAL FOUNDATIONALISM
... that one should not insist that a chain of reasoning actually be completed for a belief to be justified. It is enough that one is able to justify each belief in an infinitely complex hierarchy of justification by reference to some other (dispositional) belief in the structure (but not all at once so ...
... that one should not insist that a chain of reasoning actually be completed for a belief to be justified. It is enough that one is able to justify each belief in an infinitely complex hierarchy of justification by reference to some other (dispositional) belief in the structure (but not all at once so ...
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... He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it. ...
... He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it. ...
Theoretical Reason and Practical Reason for Kant and Tabataba`i
... philosophy of ethics and have a new idea and innovation about practical reason and its relation with theoretical reason. Division of reason into theoretical and practical and also the way of their influence on each other will demonstrate that how much both thinkers have agreement and disagreement ab ...
... philosophy of ethics and have a new idea and innovation about practical reason and its relation with theoretical reason. Division of reason into theoretical and practical and also the way of their influence on each other will demonstrate that how much both thinkers have agreement and disagreement ab ...
Deacons Quals and Appt Procedures FINAL MASTER
... “Likewise deacons must be reverent (men of dignity), not double-tongued, not given (addicted) to much wine, not greedy for money (fond of sordid gain), holding the mystery (hidden truth) of the faith with a pure (clear) conscience. But let these first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being ...
... “Likewise deacons must be reverent (men of dignity), not double-tongued, not given (addicted) to much wine, not greedy for money (fond of sordid gain), holding the mystery (hidden truth) of the faith with a pure (clear) conscience. But let these first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being ...
Levels of Reasons and Causal Explanation
... in the existence of non-causal explanations have to aim at a moving target, for different philosophers understand the claim that explanations must “say something” about causes in different ways. I have a new way to understand this claim, one that, I think, is the most natural way to understand it. I ...
... in the existence of non-causal explanations have to aim at a moving target, for different philosophers understand the claim that explanations must “say something” about causes in different ways. I have a new way to understand this claim, one that, I think, is the most natural way to understand it. I ...
6 S Being and Being Grounded
... their pre-established harmony and immortality. As these examples indicate, for Leibniz the existence of something stands or falls in some important sense with the presence or absence of a sufficient reason for it. There is a pattern to these arguments, a pattern of disarming simplicity and enormous ...
... their pre-established harmony and immortality. As these examples indicate, for Leibniz the existence of something stands or falls in some important sense with the presence or absence of a sufficient reason for it. There is a pattern to these arguments, a pattern of disarming simplicity and enormous ...
Truth, Value and Epistemic Expressivism
... stance we should take towards the value of the end of truth, we need not reach a completely settled answer to this question. Nonetheless some preliminary clarification is in order. A natural way of putting the point is that it is good to believe what is true. And that seems right, until one recalls ...
... stance we should take towards the value of the end of truth, we need not reach a completely settled answer to this question. Nonetheless some preliminary clarification is in order. A natural way of putting the point is that it is good to believe what is true. And that seems right, until one recalls ...
The Miracle of Theism
... 2. If a proposition is impossible in at least one possible world, then it is impossible in every possible world. 3. Accordingly, it is impossible in the actual world. 4. If it is impossible then there actually exists a being that is omnipotent, omniscient, and morally perfect; this being has these q ...
... 2. If a proposition is impossible in at least one possible world, then it is impossible in every possible world. 3. Accordingly, it is impossible in the actual world. 4. If it is impossible then there actually exists a being that is omnipotent, omniscient, and morally perfect; this being has these q ...
Commentary on Romans - International College of the Bible
... We must be permitted to say that great injustice has often been done to the Apostle s arguments touching this contrast. While energetically opposing a justification meritoriously grounded on works, and earnestly advocating a justification graciously conditioned on faith, would he advocate a justific ...
... We must be permitted to say that great injustice has often been done to the Apostle s arguments touching this contrast. While energetically opposing a justification meritoriously grounded on works, and earnestly advocating a justification graciously conditioned on faith, would he advocate a justific ...
The Undiscovered Wittgenstein
... fundamentally mistaken; that Peter Hacker, career-long student of Wittgenstein's work and author of the magisterial four volume commentary (and numerous other studies) on Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations is fundamentally mistaken, as is Michael Nedo, the director of the Cambridge Wittgens ...
... fundamentally mistaken; that Peter Hacker, career-long student of Wittgenstein's work and author of the magisterial four volume commentary (and numerous other studies) on Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations is fundamentally mistaken, as is Michael Nedo, the director of the Cambridge Wittgens ...
EXPERIENCE AND PERCEPTUAL BELIEF
... Popper discussed the relations between perceptual experience and perceptual belief in his Logic of Scientific Discovery, first published in 1934. He called it the ‘problem of the empirical basis’. I think his discussion is a philosophical tour de force. Most philosophers think it completely wrong-he ...
... Popper discussed the relations between perceptual experience and perceptual belief in his Logic of Scientific Discovery, first published in 1934. He called it the ‘problem of the empirical basis’. I think his discussion is a philosophical tour de force. Most philosophers think it completely wrong-he ...
Kant`s Pre-Critical Proof for God`s Existence
... Kant continued to lecture his entire academic career. It both criticizes and critically appropriates elements from that tradition in an attempt to work out a better theory of possibility than that on offer in those books. The failure of Kant (and his successors down to the twentieth century) to jus ...
... Kant continued to lecture his entire academic career. It both criticizes and critically appropriates elements from that tradition in an attempt to work out a better theory of possibility than that on offer in those books. The failure of Kant (and his successors down to the twentieth century) to jus ...
Kant`s Deconstruction of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
... preferable to speak of determining rather than sufficient reason.' But is it so clear that the Wolffian definition is circular? It is so only if the same thing is meant by 'reason' (in: "reason is that from which it is possible to understand," ratio est, unde intelligi potest ) and by 'why' ("why s ...
... preferable to speak of determining rather than sufficient reason.' But is it so clear that the Wolffian definition is circular? It is so only if the same thing is meant by 'reason' (in: "reason is that from which it is possible to understand," ratio est, unde intelligi potest ) and by 'why' ("why s ...
THE MANY GODS OBJECTION TO PASCAL`S WAGER
... of an “ecumenical” version of the Wager, a defense that establishes the prudential superiority of traditional theism over atheism.12 However, Jordan’s argument, like other appeals to the theological tradition, will carry little weight among nonbelievers. Believers may find in these avenues the means ...
... of an “ecumenical” version of the Wager, a defense that establishes the prudential superiority of traditional theism over atheism.12 However, Jordan’s argument, like other appeals to the theological tradition, will carry little weight among nonbelievers. Believers may find in these avenues the means ...