Category: PhD Appendices
Theonomy in Christian Ethics
Modern theonomy was primarily the work of two men, Rousas Rushdoony and Greg Bahnsen in applying Van Tillian thought to first the socio-political sphere and then more broadly.[1] Bahnsen was to refl... Read More
Jonathan Edwards and the Destruction of the Puritan Canopy in Early US History
As is well known to students of American history, the “Puritan Canopy” was a reflection of the New England Puritan’s desire to construct a society based on what they had found in the scriptures ... Read More
The Fundamentals and Fundamentalism
The terms “fundamentalist evangelical”, “conservative evangelical” or most recently just “fundamentalist” are often just used as imprecise pejoratives. More precisely, the term “The Fu... Read More
Skinner’s Utopia
(This was originally two chained footnotes I had to remove from my book to meet the word limit, the thesis with the notes in context, is found here.) Skinner presented his utopian vision in his novel ... Read More
Evolutionary Theory and Probability Theory
(This was originally a footnote I had to remove from my book to meet the word limit, I added a little to it as a cross-reference) A major non-partisan (i.e., non-religious) mathematics colloquium, Mat... Read More
Kant, Rationalism, Empiricism, and the God Question
(This was originally a footnote I had to remove from my book to meet the word limit, I then added to it) After Descartes, modern Western philosophy divided at two major views – Continental Rationali... Read More
Van Til’s Presentation of TAG
Appendix 6 – Van Til’s Presentation of TAG (Excerpted from ‘A Survey of Christian Epistemology’ (1969), pp.204-5) Although this publication is still available second-hand, its contents are s... Read More
Rorty’s Iconoclastic Deconstruction of Philosophy
Appendix 3 – Rorty’s Iconoclastic Deconstruction of Philosophy One of my contentions in this work of modern philosophy as incoherent and arbitrary, lacking a reasonable defence, is not original. ... Read More
Postmodernism, Relativism and Post-postmodernist Modernity
After the radical cultural upheavals of the twentieth century, a radical reassessment and a realignment within culture seemed inevitable and no more than in the philosophical academy where the major c... Read More
Wittgenstein, The Tractatus and Logical Positivism
Appendix 2 – Wittgenstein, The Tractatus and Logical Positivism Wittgenstein was unique amongst 20th century philosophers in that he precipitated two revolutions of thought despite only have one pub... Read More
Van Til and Plantinga, Comparison and Contrast
Appendix 1 – Van Til and Plantinga, Comparison and Contrast Our book examined the work of Van Til and Plantinga as it specifically intersected the major epistemological questions of our book, but th... Read MoreApplying the Epistemological Self Consciousness Transcendental Critique to Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism
(This article cannot be considered an academic, comprehensive rebuttal of the claim but does highlight its problematic nature) We note that one of the unique features of reasoning regarding ultimate a... Read More