Reason and Faith in Philosophy of Religion Flashcards
(4 cards)
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Deism
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The view that reason and empirical evidence of the natural world are exclusively logical, reliable and sufficient to determine the existence of God as the creator of the universe, without the need of revelation
2
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Deism - Rowe
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a deist is someone who affirms a divine creator but denies any divine revelation
3
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Scholasticism
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reason and faith are mutually supportive and harmonious (faith, reason and revelation can be mutually supportive)
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Fideism
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faith is independent of reason, usually accompanied by the contention that faith is superior to reason at arriving at truths about God
