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James Hall · 2003
Great Course on the philosophical questions religious traditions pose — existence of God, evil, faith and reason. Bridges religion-history and philosophy.
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What this book knows
Rigorous philosophical analysis tests whether God-talk survives logical, empirical, and linguistic scrutiny — and what happens when it doesn't.
faith-and-doubt
A proper object of worship cannot be contingent on, derived from, or limited by any other being or power — this general state is called 'aseity.'
PR-RC-017Such contacts are 'transparent' — unambiguous, reliable on their face, and self-guaranteeing — constituting a kind of direct or immediate contact with the divine.
PR-RC-042From the occurrence of evil in the world we can infer inexorably to the non-existence of the Divine.
GC-POR-RC-038mind-and-cognition
Validity is truth preserving — it will not turn falsehoods into truths; a priori argument about matters of fact is generally sterile.
PR-RC-028A paradigm shift would not be unlike a political revolution in which people of a particular persuasion gain the upper hand and kill off those who used to be in charge.
PR-RC-077obedience-and-authority
Intentional paradigm change happens when adolescents rebel against the orthodoxies of their childhood or when young people go away to university.
GC-POR-RC-064Illuminates
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