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Welcome Philosophers and Scholars!

 

What is Philosophy?

• Philosophy is concerned with what can be known about god by everyone.

  1. Natural Religion: Philosophy

  2. It's not Revealed Religion: Bible/Scriptures

What is Religion?

• Religion is a set of basic beliefs used to give meaning to ones own experience. What is real? What is the good (The highest value, the end in itself)

  1. Religion is cognitive (True/False)

  2. All give meaning and therefore all are religious

  3. Religion does not (cannot) arise from experience

  4. Religion is held more or less consciously
     and more or less consistently

  5. Faith is to reason what truth is to meaning

  6. Some religions are not true

  7. Will truth win out?

Here you will find:

• Informal logic, logical fallacies, elementary symbolic logic, analysis of argument forms, and construction of proofs for validity
   

• Major theories of conduct. Emphasis on normative ethics, theories of good and evil from Plato to the present.
   

• Special! Thanks to Surrendra Gangadean of PVCC.

How to use this site:

• To your left is the navigation bar. Simply go through each section from TOP to BOTTOM, beginning with Logic, interpreting the reading material.
   

• If at any time you have trouble understanding certain things, refer back to the Logic, Skepticism and Introduction sections to reaffirm on how each law was derived.