Intro Notes

Question 1

philosophy

Answer 1

love of wisdom

Question 2

what is philosophies working defintiion

Answer 2

1)human attempt 2) to think rationally 3) about life’s ultimate questions 4) with conviction there are answers

Question 3

what do philosophers think about

Answer 3

questions using human reason and argumentation

Question 4

medieval philosophy

Answer 4

done in times and places where ancient pagan philosophy was explored and developed in a new context animated by major Western monotheistic regions

Question 5

what did medieval philosphers think reason was

Answer 5

natural ability to discover truth about us, God, and world

Question 6

faith

Answer 6

supernatural ability to believe god about what god says
1)believe something, namely what god says
2)believe someone, namely god

Question 7

is religion like faith

Answer 7

no, religion is more broad, includes traditions, institutions, etc

Question 8

compatibilism

Answer 8

view that faith based and reason based claims can both be true

Question 9

fideist incompatibilsm

Answer 9

view that faith-based claims and reason cannot both be true
-in conflict reject reason accept faith

Question 10

rationalist incompatiblism

Answer 10

faith and reason claims are incompatible. In conflict reject faith, accept reason

Question 11

faith seeking undertsanding

Answer 11

motto for medieval philoopshy

Question 12

I believe because its absurd

Answer 12

foreign to medieval philosophers