truth and reason

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what is truth?

That which is

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What is objective truth? give an example

  • just is. exists outside of us and without us

  • 2+2=4, it will always be 4 even if we don’t believe it.

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What is subjective truth? give an example

  • truth as we experience it

  • The color blue is better than orange, that is your truth not others.

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what is the books definition of science? What type of knowledge is science capable of validating?

  • The process of investigation into reality through observation and experiment.

  • sensible reality

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how do we acquire knowledge by testimony?

By trusting someone who witnessed the truth that we can rely on.

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what are three rational proofs of God’s existence? explain each one.

  • desire- we desire more truth, justice, and goodness, and more love than this world can provide. that desire points us to God.

  • contingency- Nothing needs to be here but it is

  • intelligibility - The world can be known studied, understand because it was “thought into being”. There is a design an order.

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How do we come to know God by natural law?

Our natural sense of Goodness points us to the one who is perfect

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sensible reality

something we can grasp by use of our 5 senses

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intuition

“Just knowing” something. know something is knowing in our heart

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philosophy

“love of wisdom”. using argumentation and logic to prove or demonstrate the truth

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ethics

the moral quality of human nature, leads to happiness and flourishing, also what harms us

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intelligibility

knowable and understandable

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