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Title Page
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Dedication
AN INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY
PART I - INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 - WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?
1 INTRODUCTION
2 THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY
3 A CHRISTIAN JUSTIFICATION OF PHILOSOPHY
4 THE ROLE OF PHILOSOPHY IN INTEGRATION
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 2 - ARGUMENTATION AND LOGIC
1 INTRODUCTION
2 DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS
3 INDUCTIVE REASONING
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
PART II - EPISTEMOLOGY
Chapter 3 - KNOWLEDGE AND RATIONALITY
1 INTRODUCTION
2 WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE?
3 REASON AND RATIONALITY
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 4 - THE PROBLEM OF SKEPTICISM
1 INTRODUCTION
2 VARIETIES OF SKEPTICISM
3 ARGUMENTS FOR SKEPTICISM
4 A CRITIQUE OF SKEPTICISM
5 EVOLUTIONARY NATURALISM AND OUR NOETIC EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 5 - THE STRUCTURE OF JUSTIFICATION
1 INTRODUCTION
2 FOUNDATIONALISM
3 COHERENTISM
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 6 - THEORIES OF TRUTH AND POSTMODERNISM
1 INTRODUCTION
2 THEORIES OF TRUTH
3 POSTMODERNISM
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 7 - RELIGIOUS EPISTEMOLOGY
1 INTRODUCTION
2 POSITIVISM AND THE PRESUMPTION OF ATHEISM
3 RELIGIOUS BELIEF WITHOUT WARRANT
4 WARRANT WITHOUT EVIDENCE
5 ASSESSMENT OF PLANTINGA’S RELIGIOUS EPISTEMOLOGY
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
PART III - METAPHYSICS
Chapter 8 - WHAT IS METAPHYSICS?
1 INTRODUCTION
2 MAIN BRANCHES OF METAPHYSICS
3 METHODS OF APPROACH IN METAPHYSICS
4 THE DISPUTE BETWEEN NATURALISTS AND ONTOLOGISTS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 9 - GENERAL ONTOLOGY
1 INTRODUCTION
2 THE NATURE OF EXISTENCE
3 THE NATURE OF IDENTITY
4 REPLACEMENT AND REDUCTIONISM
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 10 - GENERAL ONTOLOGY
1 INTRODUCTION
2 PROPERTIES
3 SUBSTANCES
4 A FINAL POINT TO PONDER
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 11 - THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM
1 INTRODUCTION
2 PRELIMINARY ISSUES
3 ARGUMENTS SUPPORTING PROPERTY AND SUBSTANCE DUALISM
4 ARGUMENTS SUPPORTING SUBSTANCE DUALISM
5 ARGUMENTS AGAINST DUALISM
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 12 - THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM
1 INTRODUCTION
2 DIFFERENT FORMS OF PHYSICALISM
3 THE MAIN INTELLECTUAL DRIVE BEHIND PHYSICALISM
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 13 - FREE WILL AND DETERMINISM
1 INTRODUCTION
2 COMPATIBILIST AND LIBERTARIAN FREEDOM
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 14 - PERSONAL IDENTITY AND LIFE AFTER DEATH
1 INTRODUCTION
2 THE IDENTITY THROUGH CHANGE OF PHYSICAL ARTIFACTS
3 THREE VIEWS OF PERSONAL IDENTITY
4 FINAL REMARKS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
PART IV - PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Chapter 15 - SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY
1 INTRODUCTION
2 SCIENCE AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
3 THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF SCIENCE: SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 16 - THE REALISM-ANTIREALISM DEBATE
1 INTRODUCTION
2 SCIENTIFIC REALISM
3 ANTIREALISM
4 INTEGRATION AND THE REALIST-ANTIREALIST DEBATE
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 17 - PHILOSOPHY AND THE INTEGRATION OF SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY
1 INTRODUCTION
2 SCIENTISM
3 MODELS FOR INTEGRATING SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY
4 THEISTIC SCIENCE AND METHODOLOGICAL NATURALISM
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 18 - PHILOSOPHY OF TIME AND SPACE
1 INTRODUCTION
2 RELATIVITY AND THE CLASSICAL CONCEPT OF TIME
3 THE REALITY OF TENSE AND TEMPORAL BECOMING
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
PART V - ETHICS
Chapter 19 - ETHICS, MORALITY AND METAETHICS
1 INTRODUCTION
2 MORALITY AND THE FIELD OF ETHICS
3 METAETHICS AND THE MEANING OF MORAL STATEMENTS
4 WHY SHOULD I BE MORAL?
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 20 - ETHICAL RELATIVISM AND ABSOLUTISM
1 INTRODUCTION
2 ETHICAL RELATIVISM
3 ABSOLUTISM
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 21 - NORMATIVE ETHICAL THEORIES
1 INTRODUCTION
2 ETHICAL EGOISM
3 UTILITARIANISM
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 22 - NORMATIVE ETHICAL THEORIES
1 INTRODUCTION
2 DEONTOLOGICAL ETHICS
3 VIRTUE ETHICS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
PART VI - PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGY
Chapter 23 - THE EXISTENCE OF GOD I
1 INTRODUCTION
2 THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 24 - THE EXISTENCE OF GOD II
1 THE TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
2 THE AXIOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
3 THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 25 - THE COHERENCE OF THEISM I
1 INTRODUCTION
2 NECESSITY
3 ASEITY
4 INCORPOREALITY
5 OMNIPRESENCE
6 ETERNITY
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 26 - THE COHERENCE OF THEISM II
1 OMNISCIENCE
2 SIMPLICITY
3 IMMUTABILITY
4 OMNIPOTENCE
5 GOODNESS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 27 - THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
1 INTRODUCTION
2 THE INTELLECTUAL PROBLEM OF EVIL
3 THE EMOTIONAL PROBLEM OF EVIL
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 28 - CREATION, PROVIDENCE AND MIRACLE
1 CREATIO EX NIHILO
2 PROVIDENCE
3 MIRACLE
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 29 - CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES I
1 INTRODUCTION
2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
3 ASSESSMENT OF THE MODELS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 30 - CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES II
1 INTRODUCTION
2 THE CHRISTOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES
3 LATER CHRISTOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES
4 A PROPOSED CHRISTOLOGY
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 31 - CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES III
1 INTRODUCTION
2 THE PROBLEM POSED BY RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
3 THE PROBLEM ANALYZED
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHECKLIST OF BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Name Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index
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