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Category Archives: Epistemology
The Humean-Platonic tripartite (Ought-Is-Belief) theory of (moral) knowledge
The Humean-Platonic tripartite (Ought-Is-Belief) theory of (moral) knowledge It is possible to blend Hume’s is-ought distinction (1) in Ethics with Plato’s justified-true-belief theory of knowledge. Simply put, whatever sort of beliefs one is talking about, including moral beliefs, they must be … Continue reading
Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch.6: Truth Defined and Defended
The apologetics study group LOVES this quote from Groothuis’ Christian Apologetics: “We may be entitled to our own opinions, but we are not entitled to our own facts.” p. 124 It’s actually a variant of a quote commonly attributed to Daniel Patrick … Continue reading
Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch.4: The Christian Worldview
“Thus from a Christian perspective, we perennially face the dual temptation either to demote ourselves below what we truly are (despair) or to promote ourselves above our true status (hubris). All in all, humans are unique among the living.” p. … Continue reading
Reason Rally vs. True Reason
As I write this I am downloading the e-book, True Reason, which is part of a response from the Christian Apologetics Alliance to the Reason Rally coming up March 24 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Besides the book, … Continue reading
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Genuine faith is never blind
I grew up believing that reason can only take you so far–after that, faith takes over. In one sense this belief is true: Intellectual faith/belief, if it isn’t blind, comes ‘after’ good evidence. However, in the sense that faith persists … Continue reading
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Is-ought discussion with WLC
I had a discussion with Dr. Craig in a note I posted on Facebook, but I am deleting Facebook Sunday and the discussion was never resolved, so I am moving it to here. Hopefully he can reply here or in … Continue reading
Answering Jerry Coyne and Jason Thibodeau on the Euthyphro Dilemma
Maryann, Matt, Tom and Jerry (missing: Jason) I’m writing this blog post to get in on the most recent Euthyphro Dilemma dilemma between atheist biologist Jerry Coyne and my fellow Christian Apologetics bloggers Matt Flannagan of MandM and Tom Gilson … Continue reading
Outside the Box: on the ‘extended mind’ hypothesis by Christopher Norris
Philosopher Christopher Norris, whose book Epistemology is discussed here on Ichthus77, has granted me permission to post the following as a guest post and enter it into the most recent Philosophers’ Carnival. It was written a couple weeks back and … Continue reading
Philosophers’ Carnival #127
Welcome to the June 27, 2011 edition of Philosophers’ Carnival. First those blog posts which were actually submitted will be listed, followed by blog posts which were gleaned. If you submitted a good post that was not included, please know there … Continue reading
Philosophers’ Carnival call for submissions
I’ll be hosting the next Philosophers’ Carnival on June 27 (submit by June 25). Email submission if need be. . Some topics I’d like to see in the submissions: How can an objectively true moral ‘ought’ correspond to the ‘is’ of reality? … Continue reading
