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The Nature of Belief in the Philosophy of Alvin Plantinga and Bernard Lonergan
No full textMaster's Thesis by Teodor (Ted) AvramAlvin Plantinga and Bernard Lonergan are well-known among philosophical scholars for two main reasons: the developments they brought to epistemology, and also their interest in entering into dialogue with various philosophers that, while not al-ways atheists, would propose ideas and trends that would be detrimental to Christian thought
Nietzsche, Foucault, and Genealogy with Bob Sweetman
No full textAs we start gearing up for the start of the semester at ICS, we're spending a few weeks with some of our Senior Members as they prepare for their upcoming online courses in the fall. So for this episode, we welcomed Bob Sweetman, ICS Senior Member in history of philosophy, back onto the podcast to talk about his latest course offering starting in September: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Genealogical Approach to the History of Philosophy
The Allusivity of Grammar: Developing theory and pedagogy for linguistic aesthetics
No full textEpigraph and acknowledgments -- Note from the Authoress -- Chapter 1: Why linguistic aesthetics?: A short history of grammar -- Chapter 2: What is the linguistic aesthetic?: Tolkien, the linguistic aesthetic, and invented
languages -- Chapter 3: Modal theory for an aesthetic grammar: Calvin Seerveld, everyday aesthetics, and
methods of aesthetic linguistics -- Chapter 4: Grammar and the Self: Michel Foucault, language education and ethical formation -- Conclusion -- Introductory remarks for oral defence, January 11th, 2018 -- Bibliograph
Moral Ontology in the Age of Science: A Philosophical Case for the Mystery of Goodness
No full textIn this dissertation, I attempt to convince an audience of modern naturalists that Socrates’ famous moral thesis—that we should prefer to suffer injustice rather than inflict it, because it is impossible for an unjust person to be happy—is true. Rather than logical proof, however, I focus on questions of rhetoric and of spiritual practice. In short, I argue that the existential truth of Socrates’ claim only begins to manifest for those who adopt a particular curriculum of spiritual training, which combines the pursuit of moral goodness with the pursuit of self-knowledge; this training, however, needs to be undertaken under the aegis of a philosophical rhetoric that first opens us to at least the possibility that Socrates might be right. In the first two chapters of this dissertation, therefore, I focus on rhetoric, as the attempt to destabilize the common naturalist confidence that their own scientific worldview is grounded on the true nature of reality, and that this unprecedented understanding shows Socrates’ moral thesis to be nonsense. Following this, from chapters three to five, I present the aforementioned spiritual curriculum: the “spirituality from above,” oriented towards moral goodness, in contradistinction to the “spirituality from below” that is oriented toward self-knowledge. After presenting the logic of this bivalent practice in chapter three, I then explicate it with reference to the philosophies of David Hume and Richard Rorty (chapter four), and then Plato and Nietzsche (chapter five). Finally, in chapter six, I consider what accepting the truth of Socrates’ moral thesis would mean for the way we live our everyday lives, under conditions of peace, in which the question of whether to suffer or inflict injustice will likely not be a pressing existential concern, and the question of what it actually means to be just will always be unclear and disputed
Decolonizing Christian Higher Education with Matt Bernico Pt. II
No full textDean Dettloff poses questions to Bernico, and so do those who were present for the talk. How do we deal with questions of the Western canon? Can we talk about universal knowledge or a shared context while also talking the language of decolonization? What can institutions do beyond just including token voices on syllabi to decolonize their educational environments? Bernico fields these and other questions during the final Scripture, Faith, and Scholarship lecture of the 2017/18 academic year.
Matt Bernico is assistant professor of communication and media studies at Greenville University
Veiled Intents with Julia de Boer and Natasha Duquette
No full textCritical Faith is back in 2018! Dr. Natasha Duquette of Tyndale University joins ICS Junior Member Julia de Boer to explore Duquette's book Veiled Intent (Wipf and Stock, 2016). They discuss feminine biblical hermeneutics from the 19th Century, Kant and his female interlocutors, and Jane Austen. From Duquette’s work we are ushered into an understudied area of Christian theological history, and learned to look for scriptural exegesis in unexpected places
Walking Among Giants with Bob Sweetman
No full textHow do you find your feet when walking among giants?
This week, our hosts Mark and Gideon chat with Senior Member and H. Evan Runner Chair in the History of Philosophy Robert (Bob) Sweetman about studying Thomas Aquinas, mining your intuitions, and discerning emulatio (a spiritual practice of emulation) in the contemporary spirit of competition.
We want Critical Faith to give you a glimpse into the everyday life of ICS. So we're talking with Senior Members, Junior Members, and friends of the Institute to hear about what got them here, what they're working on, and why it matters for them
Creative Thinking, Creative Speaking & Creative Writing with Julia De Boer
No full textCan dead languages yield life-giving and life-guiding principles? Can we see truth in poetic creativity?
This week, Mark and Danielle talk with ICS Junior Member, PhD student, and linguistics-lover Julia De Boer about her longstanding fascination with studying the dynamics and structures of language.
We want Critical Faith to give you a glimpse into the everyday life of ICS. So we're talking with Senior Members, Junior Members, and friends of the Institute to hear about what got them here, what they're working on, and why it matters for them