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Midterm Flashcards

1
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Explain this equation: R-F=M

A

Reason-Faith=Modernism

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2
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Explain this equation: F-R=E

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Faith-Reason=Existentialism

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Explain this equation: -F-R=P

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-Faith-Reason=Postmodernism

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4
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What must philosophy be attached to always?

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Sociology

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5
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Which is the best description to the Christian approach to life and Scripture?

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Premodern

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6
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Rationalism focuses on what at the epistemological starting point?

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Reason

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7
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Empiricism focuses on what at the epistemological starting point?

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Senses

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8
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Which best describes postmodernism?

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Pessimism of metanarratives

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9
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What did German Historical Criticism lead to?

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Liberalism

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10
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Who claimed in the 400s BC that “relativism is knowledge”?

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Stoics

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11
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Which two Greek philosophers had the greatest impact on philosophy and theology?

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Plato & Aristotle

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12
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How did Plotinus “baptize” Plato?

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Immersed Plato’s thought into the theology

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13
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When Plato spoke of the “One” how much did he claim we could know?

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Not much, mostly agnostic about any positive knowledge about the One

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14
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What two things made up the “universal” that made sense of all the “particulars” according to Aquinas?

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Human Reason & Faith

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15
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What was the new “center” of Enlightenment hope?

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Reason

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16
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What “universal” did Descartes begin with?

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His mind

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17
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Without scientific proof as the basis of knowing, what did the Enlightenment say you were left with?

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Opinions

18
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Who believed there were no “innate principles” or ideas in us at creation?

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John Locke

19
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Why is it important to understand what historical liberalism is?

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To see why it collapsed into postmodernism

20
Q

What did modernism lead to?

A

Postmodernism

21
Q

Once Descartes proves his own existence, what did he attempt from there to go on to prove?

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God

22
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In the Enlightenment many “christian” thinkers saw revelation as what?

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Unnecessary

23
Q

Contrast the Upper floor and the Lower floor describing what is in each.

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Upper Floor: intangible things like love, justice, etc.

Lower Floor: the physical or the material world, the observable

24
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What is a meta-narrative?

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A story that explains all the particulars of life

25
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Discuss how the “meta-narrative” engages the Upper and Lower floors.

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They are inter-connected, and what you say in one will affect the other.
They have to be inter-connected to live coherently.

26
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How was Aquinas the “open door” to liberalism?

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The mind is not fallen

27
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What was the next jump from Aquinas’ notion “we can start with ourselves alone and know God”?

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We could start with ourselves and know everything

28
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What is the first principle behind studying history for Apostolics?

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God knows the meaning of history better than everyone

29
Q

Which ancient people united religious awe and worship with moral law and conscience?

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The Jewish people

30
Q

What was the end of epicurean thought?

A

Hedonism

31
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What was the end of stoicism and how was it proven unlivable from the example of its two founding philosophers?

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Fatalism, it is illustrated true by the two founding philosophers because they both committed suicide.

32
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What is the biggest contrast in ethics for Hebrew and Greek thought?

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Greeks taught ethics in theory, Hebrews in practice

33
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Scripture contradicts with the Greek idea that “our head judges our heart” by pointing out what instead?

A

Our heart judges our head

34
Q

Which was the most dangerous of the three options for approaching medieval catholic synthesis?

A

Supposed Critical Synthesis

35
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What has the desire for “academic respectability” done for the Church throughout all history according to John Frame?

A

It has hurt the evangelism and the apologetics of the church.

36
Q

Why is “the Enlightenment” an ironic term?

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It’s deconstructing Truth, and it led to the creation of the darkest time spiritually in history.

37
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For the Enlightenment what was the tool that would answer all of life’s questions?

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The Scientific Method

38
Q

What “reduction of the heart” did Romanticism reduce humanity to?

A

Sentiment

39
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What did Romanticism lead to (its philosophical child)?

A

Existentialism

40
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Have you kept up on all your reading of Swanson?

A

Yes

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