Philosophy of Religion ( UNIT 1 and 2) 2nd Sem

The word “_________” means “love of wisdom” (philos [love] + sophia [wisdom]).

• Theology

• Philosophy

• Logic

• Ethics

Why Philosophy is the natural knowledge of all things through their ultimate causes.

• It is natural because it is unaided by Divine Revelation. It’s what any person has the ordinary capacity to know

• It is knowledge because it conceives things as they truly are. It is not a matter of opinion, which is less certain.

• Its object is all things in general, not specific divisions of reality.

• It studies the ultimate causes of things. A cause is ultimate when it is the most fundamental, or basic source for something.

• All are correct

A _________ is just a way of doing something to achieve a certain goal

• method

• argument

• creed

• cult

It is personal belief and worship in relation to God. It includes creed, cult, and code.

• Religion

• Faith

• Principles

• Values

A _________is a set of beliefs concerning a Supreme Being.

• creed

• cult

• code

• principle

A _______ is a set of devotional practices directed toward a Supreme Being.

• cult

• values

• creed

• system

A ________is a set of moral laws a religion requires of its adherents.

• cult

• code

• principles

• norm

(a)   is an inflated confidence in the power of the empirical sciences. It holds that knowledge is found in the physical sciences alone and that its methods should be applied to all other disciplines.

(a)   considers how some people disagree over what is true, and on this basis concludes that no claim to truth holds any privileged status over any other.

The best way to approach philosophy of religion is with an open, but critical mind. Philosophy can give us real knowledge. However, its method (analytic-synthetic) and its objects (the ultimate causes of reality) are going to be different from those of the physical sciences.

• TRUE

• FALSE