Final Flashcards
Defense and Justicification of the Christian Faith
Apologetics
Something Revealed
Revelation
Comes from Creation
General Revelation
Comes from the Bible
Special Revlation
The absence f belief in God
Atheist
Helping somone understand the presuppositions of Christianity
Pre-Evangelism
Belief that no one can be certain there is a God
Naturalism
Belief that there is no absolute truth
Relativism
Something that must be assumed before one takes a particular position
Presupposition
An observed cause has produced the same observed effect many times over likely produced that same affect in the past, as well as will produce the same effect in the future
Primiciple of Uniformity
The science in which the nature of being, existence, and reality are investigated
Metaphysics
A philosophy that generally rejects any existence of material substance that exists apart from the mind
Idealism
The belief that the world is an illusion
Maya
Reality is solely determined by faith
Fideism
Situations where the results of all hypothesis or easily proven by a simple investigation
Perfect Induction
A philosophy that presupposes that there is an external world that exists independently of one’s mind
Metaphysical Realism
Reality has nothing to do with what I think of it This chair is real if it’s in the his room or another room or anywhere
Realism
If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody is there to hear it, it will not make a sound. Perception is reality
Idealism
A thought makes an external reality
Correspondence Theory of Truth
Something cannot both be itself and the opposite of what it is
Law of non-Contradiction
Something is what it is
Law of identity
Truth based on personal desire
SubjectiveTheroy of Truth