The basis for and results of a christian philosophy

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5 pages

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Published date :

07/14/2008

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Political science

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Political science

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Summary :

Introduction.
What is meant by a 'Christian Worldview'.
Definition of Christian Worldview.
Explanation of definition using sources.
How does a Christian Worldview give rise to a philosophy?
Definition of Christian Philosophy.
Explanation of definition using sources.
What are the implication of these basic principles of Christian philosophy to the role of the Christian philosopher and his scholarship?
1. The Christian philosopher's job to combat reductionism.
2. The Christian philosopher a generalist?implications for scholarship.
3. The Christian philosopher a poet?implications for scholarship.
4. The Christian philosopher a communicator?implications for scholarship.
Conclusion.

Abstract

The basis for and results of a christian philosophy

The history of ideas is full of steel-traps. Men of science, men of art, men of literature, and men of religion, whose names we utter reverently, and to whom we credit a plethora of theories and analyses, have made the traps that wait there to grab the unsuspecting scholar's perspective and twist all of reality into the mold of just one of its aspects. Such are, for example, diverse theories like Marxism, Freudianism, and Rationalism (Walsh and Middleton 180). These theories reduce the abundance of nature, by searching for the principle that explains this world, among the functions of things in the world, rather than viewing those functions as being part of the things which must be explained by a principle outside them (Walsh and Middleton 182-183). This is known as Reductionism, the single greatest pitfall for the philosopher of any subject. I will show that the christian Worldview is the basis for a philosophy that acknowledges both the diversity and coherence of the world, and I will show that this philosophy has implications for scholarship, particularly for the philosopher himself.