GOVT 200 Test 1

Ontology

(Origins) Where did we come from?

Epistemology

(knowledge) How do we know?

Teleology

(purpose and destiny)

Axiology

(value) What is the most valuable?

What are the four characteristics of worldviews?

1. A worldview must deal with larger questions. God, man, and the cosmos. 2. Be universal in application 3. Supply lasing (and livable) answers to life 4. Coherent - flows and is applicable to everyone

When considering the application of worldviews, what is meant by each level, such as Abstraction, Application, Eclectic, Conglomerate?

1. At what level of worldview application would philosophical thinkers like a Charles Darwin or Karl Marx exist? *abstraction* 2. At what level of worldview application do most college and university professors operate and why?*ecletic*

what a worldview is characterized by

Answers every question of life

the Biblical Christian Worldview incorporates what form of civil government

Biblical Christian World View says civil government will be limited

Be able to associate Francis Schaeffer's 'humpbacked bride metaphor' with shifts in worldviews.

Bridge metaphor- can it withstand the pressure?

what a worldview is not

Not an impulse, a fad, a feeling

What is application? (level of application of a worldview)

Putting the abstraction into effect, spreading of the thought- Lennon

What is eclectic? (level of application of a worldview)

Teachers, professors- they teach it to the masses

what a worldview is

The lens through which you view the world

Anthropological

concerning man

Dichotomy

division into two

Presupposition

something you assume to be true

Antithesis

things which are in opposition to each other, in contrast.

With this, what is the relationship between Article 1, Section 8, clause 1, and the subsequent clauses, 2-18? (3)

1. Clause 1 states "I have power" (enumerated) 2. 2-18 list those powers 3. Relationship: here is my authority, this is what my authority is.

What is the life-orientation of the Biblical Christian worldview in contrast to a rationalistic life- orientation?

1. Internal produces external. 2. In contrast: REASON

Review Ravi Zacharias' "What is a Worldview?" In this regard, what does Ravi recommend we consider?

1. Is it coherent? Does it make sense? 2. Is it self-contradictory Does the worldview contradict itself? 3. Does it answer the questions of life? (worldview is not a worldview unless it answers the questions of life.)

in the area of Ontology, we have naturalism and supernaturalism - how are these two ontological options defined or identified? Be able to proceed similarly with each option in the other categories as well.

1. Naturalism- nature can explain everything (origin of nature) (physical) 2. Super Naturalism- God/spiritual o Epistemology- revelation (revealed by God), reason (five sense) , intuition (gut feeling) o Axiology Humanism- man is most valuable Materialism- matter is most valuable Theism- God is most valuable o Teleology Kingdom of God Kingdom of Earth (temporal age)

What is the difference between 'rationality' and 'rationalism'?

1. Rationalism- absolutizing a reason 2. Revelation- truth that is revealed to us by God

The Biblical Christian Worldview flowed out of what European era?

1. Reformation Era

Be able to identify the six great objects of the Preamble.

1. Union 2. Justice 3. Tranquility 4. common defense 5. Welfare 6. Blessings of Liberty

identify the levels of application of a worldview.

Abstraction- dealing with ideas; process of conceptualization which address the four philosophical questions of life to explain God, Man, and the Cosmos- Karl Marx Application- Putting the abstraction into effect, spreading of the thought- Lennon Eclectic- Teachers, professors- they teach it to the masses Conglomerate- students, general population

What famous work did Aurelius Augustine (354-430 A.D.) write which dominated European Christendom for close to 800 years?

City of God

Ravi Zacharias has nicely conveyed five key reasons which dovetail with our discussion on the nature of worldviews and their key characteristics. Be able to identify these. When these characteristics are neglected, shifts in worldview will occur.

Different reason why a worldview doesn't stand up.

Absolute

Existing without relation to any other being; self-existent; self-sufficient.

What is the relationship between the primary questions of a worldview, and the four philosophical dilemmas?

Four philosophical dilemmas answer the two primary questions.

Be able to identify the seven areas or frameworks of life.

Frameworks of life: 1. Civil-social- government, family, marriage 2. Education- organized learning and media 3. Ecclesiastical- church 4. Economic-market relationships 5. Legal- law and jurisprudence 6. Arts- literary, including history; audio visual 7. International Relations- relationship between and among nations

the Biblical Christian Worldview incorporates what type of economic system?

Free market

the Biblical Christian Worldview incorporates what sort of understanding of liberty

God has ultimate jurisdiction- freedom within boundaries

Pantheism

God is everything and everything is God.

Theocentrism

God is the center of everything.

what is its distilled down version of a Biblical Christian worldview relative to the basic philosophical dilemmas?

God is the center of everything.

What is meant by the phrase "institutional structure and procedure of life

Government- framework that we live in NOT ACTUAL GOVERNEMNT

Consider the institutional structure and procedure of Biblical Christianity and be able to identify what it is. Is it a holy commonwealth approach, a democratic approach, or a social approach to man and life?

Holy commonwealth

What is meant by the phrase "Ideas have consequences?" With this, how does this phrase capture the relationship between the internal and the external realms of reality?

Internal produces external

How does it come into existence or how is it actualized

Internal produces external 1. Begins with an idea, morals, values 2. Based on these we create structure of life.

jurisdiction

Lawful use of lawful authority

Be able to identify the correct definition/understanding of the term 'worldview'.

Lens through which you view the world.

what is the relationship between reason/rationality, and revelation?

Relationship: they're at odds with each other. We cannot see revelation with our five senses (faith).

Why are there transitions between intellectual traditions? In other words, why do these shifts occur? This is another way of asking "why do worldviews slowly fade in their attraction and staying power, and eventually replaced by other worldviews?"

Worldviews change when they cannot answer the questions.

Be able to identify the five significant worldviews which have impacted the western tradition of intellectual thought.

a. Biblical Christian worldview b. Rationalism c. Romanticism d. process e. Post-modernism f. Transcendentalism (America) or post-process philosophy (Europe)

All four philosophical dilemmas address a particular area of life-concern in a final way- be able to identify each. For example, what is Ontology concerned with? a. Be prepared to read short quotes which require you to identify which component of a worldview is being addressed.

a. Cosmological Question: Universal question b. Anthropological Question: Human question Ontology (origins)- where did we come from? Epistemology (knowledge)- how do we know? Axiology (value)- what is most valuable Teleology (purpose and destiny)- where are we going?

What are the main components of a worldview as to the primary questions and the four philosophical dilemmas, as well as the basic definitions of each?

a. Cosmological Question: Universal question b. Anthropological Question: Human question Ontology (origins)- where did we come from? Epistemology (knowledge)- how do we know? Axiology (value)- what is most valuable Teleology (purpose and destiny)- where are we going?

Deism

belief in the existence of God without accepting revelation 1. God created and left (evolution)

What is abstraction? (level of application of a worldview)

dealing with ideas; process of conceptualization which address the four philosophical questions of life to explain God, Man, and the Cosmos- Karl Marx

Worldview

lens through which you view the world

What is conglomerate?(level of application of a worldview)

students, general population

Absolutize

to make absolute; convert into an absolute

Naturalistic

view of the world that excludes the supernatural or spiritual. 1. Action based on natural instincts 2. No room for the supernatural