GOVT 200 - Exam 2
What does Rationalism represent the denial of?
1. Badness of man 2. Man cannot save himself 3. Society will not progress due to our work
The Reformation resulted in what four consequences?
1. Christocentric Church 2. Renaissance Humanism is derailed 3. Biblical Christianity becomes dominant global force 4. Biblical base is established in American Civilization
What is Rationalism's worldview summary statement?
1. Deistic supernatural ontology 2. Rationalistic epistemology 3. Humanistic axiology 4. Kingdom of earth teleology
What are the characteristics of 'a system of divided authority and diffused power'?
1. Diffusion of power (horizontally) by separation of powers and checks and balances. 2. Division of power (vertically) by national and state levels.
What are the main consequences for Rationalism in the West (Europe)?
1. French Revolution 2. Darwinism Hypothesis 3. Marxist Analysis of Theory 4. Russian Revolution
What are the three main presuppositions inherent within rationalism?
1. Inherent goodness of man 2. Perfectibility of man 3. Inevitability of progress
What are two critical institutional imperatives (through Romantics)?
1. Libertarian (absolutizing freedom/liberty) 2. Egalitarianism (absolutizing equality)
Difference in approach to nature in the different worldviews...
1. Rationalist: scientific experiment on nature. 2. Romantic: fellowship and personally commune with nature. 3. Biblical: God made it for us.
Identify the various assumptions a Deist would hold to about God.
1. Shift from 'creation' to 'nature': God can be found, understood, and approached via nature. 2. Natural Theology: since the universe can be known via sense perception, then God too can be know this way. 3. God is the first cause, prime mover, intelligent force, grand architect, and grand designer.
What is the significance of John Adam's Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law (1765)?
A history lesson of the past to promote religious freedom.
What was the main consequence of Romanticism/Transcendentalism in America?
Civil War
How did a Rationalist understand or view the Cosmos?
Cosmos is a machine, that is understand through the scientific method.
What is the significance of John Adam's Discourses of Davila (1790)?
Critical appraisal of the French Revolution.
What sort of civil-government approach does Rationalism incorporate?
Democrary
What is meant by a rationalistic epistemology?
Faith in intuition/reason.
What is the nomenclature of the American constitutional order and system?
Federalism Constitutional Republic
What is the nature of the ontological and theological shifts of Romanticism?
From Deism to Pantheism - a pantheistic ontology.
What is the nature of the epistemological shift relative to Romanticism?
From faith in reason to faith on intuition.
Rationalism replaced thesis with deism: what is meant by a deistic supernatural ontology?
God created the everything (Alpha) but left it alone (not Omega).
What is Pantheism, in contrast to Deism?
God is everything in contrast to God created then left.
What is Pantheism in contrast to Theism?
God is everything in contrast to God is sovereign.
What is the significance of Jean-Jacque Rousseau?
Government takes away freedom.
What is the significance of Adam Heinrich Müller?
His writings encompassed a theory of political and economic Romanticiam.
What is the nature of the IX and X amendment?
IX) People X) State
What was the basic philosophical difference between Aristotle and Plato?
Knowledge and truth rested with understanding MANY particular things (Aristotle) or ONE thing (Plato).
What best identifies Rationalism's approach to law?
Man is a machine and therefore cannot be accountable of their actions.
How is man understood as a machine within the Rationalist worldview?
Man is scientifically 'malleable', and progressing towards perfection.
What is the role of the scientific method for a Rationalist?
Method to know what is true - through the seen realm and five senses.
Why is nature so prominent in Romantic philosophy, poetry, and art?
Nature, God, and art are all one.
What is meant by 'Trancendentalism' relative to the impact of Romanticism upon the American mindset?
Only in America, God is no longer, we are God.
Definition of rationalism...
Practice of explaining ultimate reality in a way consistent with reason - faith in reason.
What is the correct chronology of the following worldviews: Rationalism, Romanticism, and Process Philosophy.
Rationalism (1600-1800) Romanticism (1800-1860) Process Philosophy (1860-present)
Why did Romanticism, as a worldview, become a prominent perspective upon the whole of life?
Rationalism denies emotions.
Why were Romantics so concerned about the absolutizing of the human intellect and the scientific method as a means of coming to know true truth in a final way?
They realized that a person's inner being could not be captured and explained within a tight framework of scientific investigation and inquiry.
How can we identify a biblical base in American civilization?
We can establish a biblical base with God as the focus.
What is the faith in God vs. faith in reason conflict from a Rationalist and a Biblical Christian perspective?
a) Faith in reason (Rationalist): if you cannot prove it then it does not exist. b) Faith in God (Biblical): having faith in the things that cannot be proven (like the Bible).
Characteristics of political and economic Romanticism...
a) Political: nationalism, continually growing (rights of individuals) b) Economic: egalitarianism (no private property)
