Midterm Flashcards
(28 cards)
R-F=M
reason
faith
modernism
F-R=E
faith
reason
existentialism
-F-R=P
post Modernism
what must philosophy be attached to always
sociology
Which is the best description. to the Christian approach to life in Scripture?
post modernism
Rationalism focuses on what at the epistemological starting point?
human mind/reason
Empiricism focuses on what at the epistemological starting point?
sences
which best describes postmodernism
suspicion of medanaratives
what did German Historical critism lead to?
liberalism
who claimed in the 400s BC that “relativism is knowledge”?
sophists
which two Greek philosophers had the greatest impact on philosophy and theology?
plato and Aristotle
How did Plotinus baptize Plato
mixed Greek ideas and put in Christian language
when Plotinus spoke of the One how much did he claim we could know?
agnostic, platonic thought
what two things made up “universal” that made sense of all the “particulars” according to Aquinas ?
philosophy and theology
what was the new “center” of Enlightenment hope?
reason
What universal did Descartes begin with?
I think therefore I am
without scientific proof as the basis of knowing ,what did the Enlightenment say you were left with?
opinions and beliefs
who believed there were no “innate principles” or ideas in us at creation?
Jon Locke
why is it important to understand what historical liberalism is
(Short answer)
it collapsed into post-modernism
what did modernism lead to?
post modernism
once Descartes proves his own exsistwnce, what did he attempt from there to go on to prove?
he went on to prove God
in the enlightnemt many “Christians” thinkers saw revelation as what?
as an add on
contrast the upper and lower floor
the upper floor is all ideas such as truth,justice, ethics ECT
the lower floor is the observable world,what we can know see and do.
what is a meta narrative?
grand story that makes up all the particulars of life
