Category: Presuppositionalism

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A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 6

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This is part six of my series on science. Here are the other parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, and Bibliography. The Biblical Perspective on Science What is the biblical view of providence? Is it natural law? Is it indeterministic? We must have a biblical view of God’s providence, in order to dictate what Christian science would be. What’s the biblical evidence? The Bible pictures him acting with the creation directly and indirectly. We should speak of God acting in time, like when he creates light … Continue reading A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 6

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A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 5

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This is the fifth part in the series on science. Here are the other parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, and Bibliography. Doesn’t the fossil record prove Darwinism? Well, no. It is difficult to imagine how it actually could. I’m going to appeal simply to those who would know better about this subject than myself. Those being the likes of William Dembski and Jonathan Wells. Here is the article I’m quoting and using: https://evolutionnews.org/2016/07/why_fossils_can/ 1. Scientist and philosophers of science have stated that they think their … Continue reading A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 5

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A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 4

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This is the fourth part in my series on science. Here are the other parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, and Bibliography. We have seen that the secular establishment has had quite a difficulty with the goals, methods, and foundations of science. What then does science deal with? Science is always interrelated to induction. It is arguing from a particular to the general. The issue that some like Dr.Gordon Clark noticed is that Inductive logic seems to commit the fallacy of affirming the consequent. Which is … Continue reading A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 4

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A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 3

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This is the third part of the series. Here are the other parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, and Bibliography. Here is a very short introduction to philosophers Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, and other 20th century views. Sir Karl Popper view: He had a prescriptive view about how science must be done: one should give a bold hypothesis to explain phenomena, and, only then, he would empirically test it. If you falsified the theory you would junk it or you would test a theory and get … Continue reading A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 3

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A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 2

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This the second part to my series on science. Here are the other parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, and Bibliography. Methodological Naturalism: Another attempt is … Continue reading A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 2

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Hawkeye

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I recently got into an exchange with a classical apologist, Spencer Hawkins. So, the credit goes to him. Here’s how it went: “1) Your first move is to shift the burden of proof. You make the claim that ALL non-Christian worldviews are logically impossible,” i)The issue is that to propose a question-begging claim. To say that it is possible doesn’t show it to be possible. From the Christian perspective, my God is the measure of what is and is not possible. You even say later “I can imagine the Christian God not existing without running into a logical contradiction”. This … Continue reading Hawkeye

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Circular Reasoning and Circular Arguments

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It is often tossed at Presuppositionalist that they are engaging in Circular reasoning and are begging the question. That all Presuppositionalism proclaims is ” The Bible is true because the Bible is true”. I just wonder if any presuppositionalist has … Continue reading Circular Reasoning and Circular Arguments

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Contours of Presuppositionalism

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I want to catalog some of the differences that exist for those that hold to presuppositionalism. I wish to discuss things that Presuppositionalist unify and depart on. The reason I am doing this is that after all these years people still ask me the differences between these individuals. This will not be me commenting on which positions are right or wrong, but formatting a map for your studies. First things first, What is a Presuppositionalist? They stand in the Reformed tradition and they must maintain the sort of Christian distinctiveness into their apologetic approach. The differences involve thoughts about TAG, … Continue reading Contours of Presuppositionalism