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W5 - B2 - CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Timothy Chappell …
W5 - B2 - CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCING PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
Timothy Chappell
INTRO, p.7
to understand e/o = need means same thing
with words we use, p.7
DEFINITIONS
POLYTHEISM
several gods, p.9
PANTHEISM
God is everything, p.9
THEISM
Belief in the existence of a god, p.10
ATHEISM
Belief that god does not exist
AGNOSTICISM
Belief that we don't know if god exists or not, p.10
RELIGION
GOD
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
ASKING QU° ABT RELIGION / GOD, p.10
PHILOSOPHICAL QU°
ABOUT WORLD-VIEWS, KNOWLEDGE,
GOOD / BAD, RIGHT / WRONG, p.13
IDEA-BASED WAY,
CONCEPTUAL, p.14
PHILOSOPHICAL METHOD, p.15
CAREFUL, LOGICAL
ARGUMENT
CLOSE EXAMINAT° OF
IDEAS / CONCEPTS
(conceptual analysis)
ARGUMENT OR
BLIND FAITH?, p.17
1-
IS RELIGION STHG
WE CAN ARGUE PHILOSOPHICALLY
ABOUT?
(giving evidence)
SOME PHILOSOPHERS
YES, THERE IS EVIDENCE
ON ANY OF THE TWO SIDES
(God exists / doesnt exist)
OTHER PHILOSOPHERS
NO, THERE IS NO CONCLUSIVE
ARGUMENT FOR ANY OF THE
CLAIMS
PEOPLE USE ARGUMENT TO
JUSTIFY BELIEFS THEY WANT TO HAVE, p.19
MIDDLE CLAIM
THERE MAY BE SOME EVIDENCE,
BUT NO PROOF SO FAR, p.19
DEFINITIONS
ARGUMENT
SERIES OF STATEMENTS GIVING
REASONS FOR BELIEVING A CLAIM, p.17
EVIDENCE
FACTS, EXPERIENCES,
ARGUMENTS OR OTHER DATA
SUPPORTING A CLAIM
BECOME PROOF IF
ADDED UP
PROOF
COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE
LOGICALLY AND CAREFULLY
GATHERED
FIDEISM
BELIEVING IN GOD
IS GOOD FOR US,
SO WE SHOULD, p.20
FAITH
= TRUST = BASED IS THE UNKNOWN, p.20
FAITH AS
PERSONAL TRUST
SUCH AS TO FRIENDS,
FAMILY... p.21
FAITH AS TRUST
IN PROPOSIT° OF RELIGION
GOD EXISTS, GOD IS LOVE...
2-
DOES BELIVING IN GOD
DEPENDS ON REASONS / EVIDENCE?
NO, IT DEPENDS
IF GOOD FOR US.
YES, GOOD FOR US,
SO WE SHOULD
= FIDEISM
BLAISE PASCAL,
WILLIAM JAMES..0
NO, SO WE
SHOULDNT
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE,
BERTRAND RUSSELL
NO, THERE'S NO REAL
FAITH UNLESS THERE IS
NO EVIDENCE, p.21
EXTREME FIDEISM =
SOREN KIERKEGAARD
3-
CAN BELIEF BE A CHOICE
OR DOES IT DEPENDS ON EVIDENCE?
, p.20
HARD TO BELIEVE
WITH NO EVIDENCE
EXAMPLE OF
CUSTARD / SPAGHETTI, p.20
Refer to the mind map of
the audio recording
"faith or reason?"
W.K. Clifford
"WRONG TO BELIEVE ANYTHG
UPON INSUFFISCIENT EVIDENCE"
BUT WHAT COUNT AS EVIDENCE?
WHAT KIND OF EVIDENCE IS VALID?
IT'S NOT CLEAR