Category: Presuppositionalism

Epistemology, Jimmy Stephens, Metaphysics, philosophy, Presuppositionalism1 Comment

Parsing Revelational Epistemology

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Presuppositionalists tend to state that they hold to something called “Revelational Epistemology”. But what does that mean? What does that entail? In order to answer those questions, we will have to enter into modern philosophical debates to answer them. Epistemology is the study of knowledge. It deals with what constitutes(or what is the content) of our knowledge, the justification of our knowledge, and the structure of our knowledge. The Content of Knowledge: This is to ask for what makes up our knowledge? Do we know things because of our senses? Because of our reason? How do we acquire knowledge? The … Continue reading Parsing Revelational Epistemology

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Presuppositionalism and Historical-Grammatical Hermeneutics

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Recently, I was on the atheist brain-cell killing zone of “Friends of The Bible & Beer Consortium”. The group attracts all the village atheist to leave their intelligence behind and set up shop in a Facebook group. The exchange I had was between Randall Theo(a troll) and Ty Wilson. Neither of them has a view of their own and can’t answer basic questions of their own worldview. But in the middle of their profound ignorance they asked a question that pops up from time to time: TheSire said: Randall, how do you account for laws of logic, objective moral norms, … Continue reading Presuppositionalism and Historical-Grammatical Hermeneutics

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Tautologicality and Christian Conceptualism

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I’ll respond to this because I think it is a good example of how people don’t understand the issue of when presuppositionalist discuss logic. This is some atheist named Barry on the internet responding to Hays’ about logic on the article “From Whence Does Logic Come? (And why you can’t use it to prove God)”. Steve Hays replied to the “first principles” part and said: “But necessary truths of logic can’t derive from contingent truths of the physical world. In many respects, the physical world might have been different. Causation is a weaker principle than logical entailment.” Well first, Hays is … Continue reading Tautologicality and Christian Conceptualism

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The Battle of the Brute Facts

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It has been a constant objection in presuppositionalist conversations and it should be. When engaging in epistemology these questions pop up. The topic of brute facts has even been brought up to Dr. Greg Bahnsen: Question from the Bahnsen-Stein debate: Why is it necessary for the abstract universal laws to be decided from the transcendental nature of God, or derived from the transcendental of God.  Why not assume the transcendental nature of logic? Dr. Bahnsen’s response: Somebody who wrote the question is good in that you’ve studied some of these philosophical issues.  The answer may not be meaningful to everybody in the audience, … Continue reading The Battle of the Brute Facts

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When a Cactus misses the Point

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Necessitarian had a dialogue with an atheist named Cactus: Cactus: I understand that the problem of induction is philosophically pressing. To base your worldview on whatever answers this one complicated question best seems fair to me. But it does not follow that it’s True. I believe you will always win the argument of coherence in this chat, but – I’ve said it once and I will say it till it is properly addressed: A claim to knowledge != knowledge. ” ” ” Ultimate truth != ultimate truth And unfortunately, the Christian Worldview, as presented, is only actually coherent IF its … Continue reading When a Cactus misses the Point

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Presup before Dessert

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I discussed in a previous article some of the basic principles of presuppositionalism. I think I might be able to expand on some of those principles. 1. Transcendental Argument: In the last article, I briefly discussed the form of the transcendental argument and the disagreement that exist on how to formulate the Transcendental argument for God’s existence. The issue is that the transcendental argument for God’s existence isn’t merely one formulation, but rather a family of similarly formed arguments. I think it is perfectly acceptable to argue either form of the Transcendental argument. There was one objection that arose that neither of these arguments demonstrates that God … Continue reading Presup before Dessert

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Short Critiques of Non-Christian Worldviews

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I have tried to provide short simple critiques to model on how to evaluate individual worldviews. The problem with presuppositionalism is that it rarely is effectively used in practice and only spoken about in theory. Naturalism(common for most atheist): A little Presup before Dinner Wicca: Wavering Wicca Mormonism: Manhandling Mormonism Catholicism: Clashing with Catholicism Islam: Islam: A Reformed Critique Deism: Dubious Deism Jehovah’s Witnesses: The Fall of the Watchtower The 1914 Chronology of The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Jehovah’s Witnesses and the New World Translation Judaism: Do the Jews play TAG? Messianic Prophecy in the Jewish Scriptures Clarkianism: Clarkianism … Continue reading Short Critiques of Non-Christian Worldviews

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The Self-Attesting Christ

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We often think that we come up with new and distinct ideas. I never have that issue. That isn’t because my humility, but rather that is because I never have a thought. I wonder how some thought we have now may have existed with saints prior to us. It may have been Justin Martyr that noticed the self-attesting authority of the word of God: The word of truth is free, and carries its own authority, disdaining to fall under any skillful argument, or to endure the logical scrutiny of its hearers. But it would be believed for its own nobility, and for … Continue reading The Self-Attesting Christ