Philosopher Interview: R. Scott Smith
Today’s interview is with R. Scott Smith, Associate Professor of Ethics and Christian Apologetics at Biola University (previous interviews here and here). He talks about his
Book Review: Naturalism and Our Knowledge of Reality by R. Scott Smith
Philosophical naturalism, “a thesis that reality consists solely of the physical, spatiotemporal world,”[1] is the dominant philosophy of the modern West. Starting from the Enl
Terminology Tuesday: Doxastic Voluntarism
Doxastic Voluntarism: The philosophical doctrine according to which people have voluntary control over their beliefs. […] Philosophers distinguish between two kinds of doxast
Terminology Tuesday: Predication
Predication (analogical, univocal, equivocal): Application of descriptive terms, or “predicates,” to God. If one assumes (as many do) that human language gets its meani
Terminology Tuesday: Properly Basic Beliefs
Properly Basic Beliefs: According to foundationalism, there are beliefs that are called properly basic beliefs. Such beliefs are basic in the sense that they are not justified by o