Terminology Tuesday: Logos
Greek term for “Word” or “Reason,” used in the prologue to John’s Gospel: “In the beginning was the Word.” The Logos is thus a term for the eternal Son of God, the se
Terminology Tuesday: Teleological argument
An argument for the existence of God that takes as its starting point the purposive (teleological) character of the universe. The argument is often termed “the argument from desi
Terminology Tuesday: Rousseau, Jean Jacques (1712–1778)
French philosopher born in Switzerland whose influence on political theory and theories of education has been enormous. Rousseau saw human individuals as naturally good but corrupt
Terminology Tuesday: Reductionism
An attempt to explain some domain or field by showing that it can be derived from or redescribed in the language of some more basic domain or field. A physicalist, for example, may
Terminology Tuesday: Anthropomorphism
The human tendency to see other things as analogous to ourselves. Thus people sometimes see their pets in overly anthropomorphic terms. In philosophy of religion, the term anthropo