PPT-Knowledge of God’s existence

DEVELOPMENT IN CHRISTIAN THOUGHT 1 INSIGHT Augustines teaching on human nature Death and Afterlife 2 FOUNDATIONS Knowledge of Gods existence The person of Jesus Christ 3 LIVING Christian moral principles. Theorem Existence Supp ose that x is ontinuous function de57356ne in some gion x ontaining the oint Then ther exists numb er p ossibly smal ler than so that solution to is de57356ne for Theorem Uniqueness Supp ose that oth x and x ar ontinuous func J. Blackmon. Platonic Forms. Platonic Forms. The Problem. We encounter particular instances of justice, but how do we come to know justice?. We encounter particular triangles, but how do we come to know about . . Descartes - b.1596 d.1650. Not a skeptic – “there really is a world, that men have bodies, and the like (things which no one of sound mind has ever seriously doubted)”. Is he a dualist? . Most people would say so, because of his discussion the mind and the body, yet God is neither mind nor body, so Descartes is something more.. Lecture 2. The . Vedas are verses of Wisdom. .. They . are thought to be . timeless. because they were revealed to the first human beings.. They are . authorless . because they . are revealed . by reality and not by persons. . . is. not a higher-order . predicate. PSSA Conference. Durban, january 2011. João Branquinho. University . of. . Lisbon. PREVIEW. My negative claim is that the Frege-Russell account of existence as a higher-order predicate is mistaken and should be abandoned, even with respect to general statements of existence such as “Flying mammals exist”. towards the Sevenfold Knowledge. Garry Jacobs. 1. Involution creates a Seven-fold Ignorance. Original Ignorance of the Absolute. Cosmic . Ignorance . of the unity of God and Nature . Temporal . Ignorance . A philosophy is a system of beliefs about reality. . It . is one's integrated view of the world. It includes an understanding of the nature of existence, man, and his role in the world. . Philosophy . Teleological Argument . Psalm 8:5, 19:1. January 29, 2017. Existence of God:. Teleological Argument. No one thinks Mr. Rubik just by chance caught the Rubik Cube from an explosion at a plastic factory. . of God. Does God Exist? . Philosophical Question: whether God exists or not (reason alone). The answer is not . self-evident. , that is, not known immediately nor undeniable*. *However, its deniability is the result, not of logical arguments, but of a failure of logic.. 1600. 1800. Kant . (1724-1804). Germany. England. Locke . (1632-1704). Berkeley . (1685-1753). Pilgrims Land at Plymouth Rock . (1620). America. Jefferson . (1743-1826). Hume . (1711-1776). France. Descartes . Perceptual . Knowledge. The Goal. Descartes wanted certainty.. How can we know, for sure, that science is on a sure footing?. How do we guard against discovering, centuries from now, we were wrong about basic observations on which science is built?. DEVELOPMENT IN CHRISTIAN THOUGHT. . 1. INSIGHT. Augustine’s teaching on human nature. Death and Afterlife. 2. . FOUNDATIONS. Knowledge of God’s existence. The person of Jesus Christ. 3. LIVING. Christian moral principles. Existentialism. Freudianism. Marxism. Expressionism. Surrealism. Freudianism . Description of the mind that emphasizes the major role played by unconscious drives. Reason+Will+passion (Ego+superego+unconscious). Freud believed the “superego” influenced human nature. (Ego-decision making component, seeks pleasure. Superego- learned morals and values).. The . Vedas are verses of Wisdom. .. They . are thought to be . timeless. because they were revealed to the first human beings.. They are . authorless . because they . are revealed . by reality and not by persons. .