[responsivevoice_button] The non-Christian worldview does not share a metaphysic or epistemology with Christianity with respect to unity and plurality. Some non-Christians are emphatic about the ontological one-ness or unity of everything to the exclusion of any plurality. If it is … Continue reading Nicene Presuppositionalism
These will contain all my responses to the Arminian Perspectives website and possibly other responses to the website. Provided in chronological and subject order. TheCouncil: [Topic: Aseity/Transcendental Critique] Arminianism and Aseity Thibodaux’s Cooked Goose Thibodaux: The Saga Continues Libertarian Foreknowledge … Continue reading The Thibodaux Saga
Jimmy Stephens tackles a worldview where comprehensive knowledge is had amongst an infinite amount of minds. TheQuestioner: Yeah, the I mean the former of replacing an omniscient mind with the idea of a societal distribution of comprehensive knowledge. Essentially, in this case, each proposition is known. Jimmy Stephens: 1.) It would be a fallacy of division to suppose that because all propositions belong to the whole of human society that each individual inherits the comprehensive set. In fact, that sounds like a good skeptical scenario: one where humanity might, as a sort of hive mind, know things, but no human … Continue reading Hive Mind
The following is from Chris Matthew and his conversation with some atheist. He’s an up-and-coming presuppositionalist: There are a couple of remarks that merit response, @FondestAlloy. 1.) Do you deny the possibility of knowing whether something is objectively true? 2.) … Continue reading The Unity of Knowledge
Necessitarian takes on two atheists on the topic of empiricism. It is good for younger presuppositionalists to read how to perform presuppositionalism at a profound level. Necessitarian: I cannot agree that my system struggles with any such question. For Aristotle, … Continue reading Perceptions Boundary
Here’s a group of links compiled by Békefi Bálint on J. V. Fesko’s book: J. V. Fesko’s Reforming Apologetics has caused quite a stir in presuppositional circles. A number of good reviews have been written by Van Tilian scholars. I’ve collected most of them below: Sam Waldron https://founders.org/2019/07/02/j-v-feskos-reforming-apologetics-retrieving-the-classical-reformed-approach-to-defending-the-faith-a-critical-review/ Presuppositional Ponderings after Reading Thomas Aquinas Camden Bucey, Jeff Waddington, Jim Cassidy https://reformedforum.org/ctc596/ Mike Warren http://christianciv.com/blog/index.php/2019/05/25/common-notion-confusion-part-1-of-a-review-of-j-v-feskos-reforming-apologetics/ http://christianciv.com/blog/index.php/2019/06/12/common-notion-confusion-part-2/ http://christianciv.com/blog/index.php/2019/07/14/common-notion-confusion-part-3/ Wes Bredenhof https://yinkahdinay.wordpress.com/2019/07/03/book-review-reforming-apologetics-1/ https://yinkahdinay.wordpress.com/2019/07/04/book-review-reforming-apologetics-2/ https://yinkahdinay.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/book-review-reforming-apologetics-3/ https://yinkahdinay.wordpress.com/2019/07/09/book-review-reformed-apologetics-4/ James Anderson https://www.proginosko.com/2019/06/reforming-apologetics-introduction/ https://www.proginosko.com/2019/06/reforming-apologetics-the-light-of-nature/ https://www.proginosko.com/2019/07/reforming-apologetics-common-notions/ https://www.proginosko.com/2019/07/reforming-apologetics-calvin/ https://www.proginosko.com/2019/08/reforming-apologetics-thomas-aquinas/ https://www.proginosko.com/2019/09/reforming-apologetics-worldview/ https://www.proginosko.com/2020/01/reforming-apologetics-transcendental-arguments/ https://www.proginosko.com/2020/11/reforming-apologetics-dualisms/ https://www.proginosko.com/2021/06/reforming-apologetics-the-book-of-nature-and-apologetics/ https://www.proginosko.com/2021/07/reforming-apologetics-wrap-up/ Continue reading J. V. Fesko’s Deforming Apologetics
Recently. Eli Alyala had a conversation with a popular Atheist YouTuber Tom Jump. I’ll give my thoughts about this conversation. Others have commented about the conversations Tom Jump have had at other times. http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2019/03/is-there-no-evidence-for-gods-existence.html The conversation starts with the issue of the foundation of ethics(metaethics). Tom Jump is a moral realist that bases his metaethical view on the basis of human intuition and consensus. Eli presses on the issue of subjectivity. Many people don’t have those intuitions and completely different intuitions. So, why privilege Tom Jump? Why does his intuition have the final say? Tom responds that most people have … Continue reading The Book of Eli
Steve Hays has commented on some of the articles that Alex Malpass has written on presuppositionalism: The problem with TAG Revelatory regress Continue reading Presuppositionalism and Malpass
Another objection to Van Til’s presuppositionalism is that it is covertly pragmatic. Far from making any headway toward demonstrating that Christianity is objectively true, Van Til has really only proven that Christianity represents a most, or even the most useful and desirable belief system. Yet, again, the objector has lapsed back into the very sort of position that Van Til has proven untenable. If reality were the sort of place where subjective and objective truth could be so disconnected, the objector would have no ground for supposing that his reasoning process advances by objectively valid inferences.413 Hence, the objection that … Continue reading Bosserman on Stroud’s Objection
Recently, Jimmy Stephens wrote this in response to a video: There are some good principles here, but many of the mistakes Rand made pop up in this video. There is too much here to cover for a mere youtube comment, but let’s consider logic and first principles. Take for example the recurring claim in this video that logic is “objective.” This is ambiguous. Although it is unpopular in the West to deny the objectivity of logical laws, the nature and content of those laws remains as controversial now as it was during the Classical Era. So then, what does it … Continue reading First Principles
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