{"id":1407,"date":"2025-08-15T22:12:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/?page_id=1407"},"modified":"2025-08-17T14:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:33:07","slug":"table-of-contents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/table-of-contents\/","title":{"rendered":"Table of Contents"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Table of Contents<\/h1>\n<p>Page numbers refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Epistemological-Self-Consciousness-Extended-v2.pdf\">PDF version<\/a> which is available for download <a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Epistemological-Self-Consciousness-Extended-v2.pdf\">here<\/a>. If a link does not work, please let me know!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/\">COVER<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/abstract\/\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/authors-declaration\/\">Author\u2019s Declaration<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_Toc149668851\">Acknowledgements. i<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668852\">1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Introduction. 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668853\">1.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Foundations of Philosophy \u2013 and the Epistemologically Self-Conscious Project 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668854\">1.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Sceptical Challenge. 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668855\">1.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apologetics. 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668856\">1.3.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apologetics as the Rational Defence of Christianity. 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668857\">1.3.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Classical and Evidential Apologetics. 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668858\">1.3.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Presuppositional Apologetics. 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668859\">1.3.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Subjective Apologetics and Religious Experience. 8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668860\">1.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Status and Role of Scripture. 12<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668861\">1.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Epistemological <em>Un-<\/em>consciousness and its Transcendental Critique. 16<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668862\">1.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Transcendentalist but not Kantian Creative Antirealism.. 17<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668863\">1.7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Epistemological Self-Consciousness as Augustinian Apologetics. 19<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668864\">1.8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Epistemological Self-Consciousness as a Scientific Project 20<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668865\">1.8.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Challenge of Perennial Naturalism in the Academy. 20<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668866\">1.8.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Status of Science \u2013 Preliminary Remarks. 21<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668867\">1.8.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Problem of Induction. 23<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668868\">1.8.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Political Ethics and Science. 26<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668869\">1.8.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Science is more than Propositional Statements. 28<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668870\">1.8.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Science as Correlated with Epistemology and Philosophy. 32<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668871\">1.8.7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Avoiding The \u201cTyranny of Science\u201d. 35<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668872\">1.9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Philosophy as Transformative. 38<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668873\">1.10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Summary and Conclusion. 43<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/introduction\/#_Toc149668874\">1.11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chapter Outlines. 47<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668875\">2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Nature, Character, and Purpose of Philosophy. 48<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668876\">2.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Overview.. 48<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668877\">2.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Origins. 49<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668878\">2.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Can We Defend the Tripartite Division of Philosophy?. 53<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668879\">2.3.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Division of Reason and The Egocentric Predicament 53<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668880\">2.3.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Epistemic Rights and Epistemic Necessity. 54<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668881\">2.3.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Struggle for Metaphysics. 56<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668882\">2.3.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Principle of Verification. 58<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668883\">2.3.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conclusion. 61<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668884\">2.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Nature &#8211; Analysis and Synthesis. 61<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668885\">2.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Character \u2013 Correspondence, Coherence, Truth, and Objectivity. 64<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668886\">2.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Purpose of Philosophy \u2013 Responding to Scepticism.. 67<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668887\">2.6.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Problem.. 67<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668888\">2.6.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Descartes, Hume, and Kant 69<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668889\">2.6.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Fallibilists. 72<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668890\">2.6.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Realism, and the Role of Common Sense. 73<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668891\">2.6.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Therapeutic Conception of Philosophy. 75<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668892\">2.6.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Pragmatic Conception of Philosophy. 78<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668893\">2.6.7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Positivist Conception of Philosophy. 80<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668894\">2.6.8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Post-Darwinian Naturalist Conception of Philosophy. 83<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668895\">2.6.9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fallibilism and Modern Science &#8211; Universe or Multiverse?. 85<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668896\">2.6.10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Certainty and Reasonable Verisimilitude. 92<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668897\">2.6.11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conclusion. 94<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668898\">2.7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Imperative for Epistemological Self-Consciousness. 95<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668899\">2.7.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Quest for Common Ground. 95<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668900\">2.7.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beyond Common Ground. 100<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668901\">2.7.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Holism.. 102<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668902\">2.7.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Unity of Apperception. 104<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668903\">2.7.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Epistemological Self-Consciousness and Uncertainty. 105<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-nature-character-and-purpose-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668904\">2.8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Summary and Conclusion. 107<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668905\">3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Christian Conception of Philosophy. 112<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668906\">3.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Overview.. 112<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668907\">3.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Metaphysics. 112<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668908\">3.2.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Speculative, Descriptive and Revisionary Metaphysics. 112<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668909\">3.2.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Metaphysics as the Foundation of Science. 117<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668910\">3.2.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Metaphysics as the Organising Transcendentals. 120<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668911\">3.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Epistemology. 121<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668912\">3.3.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Introduction. 121<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668913\">3.3.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Philosophy of Facts. 121<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668914\">3.3.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Philosophy of Evidences. 125<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668915\">3.3.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Overcoming Scepticism.. 127<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668916\">3.3.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reasons To Reject a Naturalised Epistemology. 138<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668917\">3.3.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Justified True Belief (JTB), Gettier and Epistemic Warrant 145<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668918\">3.3.7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Plantinga and Warranted Belief 147<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668919\">3.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ethics. 157<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668920\">3.4.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Introduction. 157<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668921\">3.4.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ethics, Moral Knowledge, and Worldview.. 159<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668922\">3.4.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Theonomy and Ethics. 161<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668923\">3.4.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Modern Theonomy. 168<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668924\">3.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Christian \u201cWorldview Philosophy\u201d. 171<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668925\">3.5.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Introduction. 171<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668926\">3.5.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What is \u201cChristian Worldview\u201d Philosophy?. 172<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668927\">3.5.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Requirement for a Worldview Transcendental 174<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668928\">3.5.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Evidentialism and Rationalism.. 176<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668929\">3.5.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Impossibility of \u201cRight Reason\u201d and \u201cCommon Ground\u201d. 178<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668930\">3.5.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Plantinga and Van Til on Apologetics \u2013 Contrast and Confluence. 180<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/a-christian-conception-of-philosophy\/#_Toc149668931\">3.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Summary and Conclusion. 182<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/beyond-anti-philosophy-to-transcendentalism\/#_Toc149668932\">4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beyond Anti-Philosophy to Transcendentalism.. 186<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/beyond-anti-philosophy-to-transcendentalism\/#_Toc149668933\">4.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Transcendentalism \u2013 First Remarks. 186<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/beyond-anti-philosophy-to-transcendentalism\/#_Toc149668934\">4.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Transcendentalism and Scepticism.. 187<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/beyond-anti-philosophy-to-transcendentalism\/#_Toc149668935\">4.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Practical and Theoretical Reason. 189<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/beyond-anti-philosophy-to-transcendentalism\/#_Toc149668936\">4.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Worldviews and Ultimate Authority. 191<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/beyond-anti-philosophy-to-transcendentalism\/#_Toc149668937\">4.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All Reasoning is \u2018Circular Reasoning\u2019 but not all Reasoning is \u2018Viciously Circular\u2019. 195<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/beyond-anti-philosophy-to-transcendentalism\/#_Toc149668938\">4.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Form of Life. 196<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/beyond-anti-philosophy-to-transcendentalism\/#_Toc149668939\">4.7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Necessity of a Transcendental Defence. 199<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/beyond-anti-philosophy-to-transcendentalism\/#_Toc149668940\">4.8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Transcendental Mode of Criticism.. 202<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/beyond-anti-philosophy-to-transcendentalism\/#_Toc149668941\">4.9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Summary and Conclusion. 203<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-christian-presupposition\/#_Toc149668942\">5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Christian Presupposition. 207<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-christian-presupposition\/#_Toc149668943\">5.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Christian Transcendental as the Only True Transcendental 207<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-christian-presupposition\/#_Toc149668944\">5.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contingency and Predestination. 209<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-christian-presupposition\/#_Toc149668945\">5.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 General Revelation and Special Revelation. 211<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-christian-presupposition\/#_Toc149668946\">5.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Common Grace, Pluralism and Epistemological Self-Consciousness. 212<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-christian-presupposition\/#_Toc149668947\">5.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sovereignty, Indeterminacy and Natural Law.. 215<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-christian-presupposition\/#_Toc149668948\">5.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Biblical Presuppositionalism.. 222<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-christian-presupposition\/#_Toc149668949\">5.7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Summary and Conclusion. 226<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668950\">6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Transcendental Argument for God (TAG) 228<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668951\">6.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Introduction. 228<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668952\">6.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Logical Form and Overview.. 228<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668953\">6.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Distinctiveness of Transcendental Reasoning. 230<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668954\">6.3.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Conclusion is a <em>Transcendental<\/em> 230<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668955\">6.3.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All Reasoning Is Circular Reasoning. 231<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668956\">6.3.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Scope of the Argument 231<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668957\">6.3.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Kant Controversy. 233<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668958\">6.3.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Option \u201cA\u201d and Option \u201cB\u201d Transcendental Arguments. 235<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668959\">6.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Van Til\u2019s Transcendentalism.. 236<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668960\">6.4.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Presuppositional Apologetics. 236<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668961\">6.4.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From Probability to Certainty. 237<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668962\">6.4.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Indirect Argumentation. 237<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668963\">6.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Criticisms of TAG.. 240<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668964\">6.5.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Global Criticisms of Transcendentalism.. 240<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668965\">6.5.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Nature of TAG.. 243<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668966\">6.5.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Uniqueness Proof 244<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668967\">6.5.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Mere Sufficiency of the Christian Worldview.. 245<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668968\">6.5.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The \u2018Fristianity\u2019 Objection. 246<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668969\">6.5.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From Conceptual Necessity to Ontological Necessity. 247<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/the-transcendental-argument-for-god-tag\/#_Toc149668970\">6.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Summary and Conclusion. 250<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668971\">7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Final Conclusion. 254<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668972\">7.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Summary. 254<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668973\">7.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Specific Conclusions. 254<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668974\">7.2.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Overcoming Scepticism.. 254<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668975\">7.2.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Philosophy and Science. 256<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668976\">7.2.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Christianity, Religious Experience and Apologetic Philosophy. 258<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668977\">7.2.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Transcendentalism and TAG.. 263<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668978\">7.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Contribution of Our Thesis as Original Research. 267<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668979\">7.3.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As Augustinian Apologetics. 267<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668980\">7.3.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Opposition to Scientism.. 268<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668981\">7.3.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As Synthesis of Van Til and Plantinga. 268<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668982\">7.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Wider Relevance of the Research. 270<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668983\">7.4.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As Van Tillian Scholarship. 270<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668984\">7.4.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Christian Ethics. 272<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668985\">7.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Limitations to the Research. 273<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/final-conclusion\/#_Toc149668986\">7.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Recommendation for Further Research. 275<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/bibliography\/#_Toc149668987\">Bibliography. 276<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/bibliography\/#_Toc149668988\">Bibliographical Notes. 298<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/bibliography\/#_Toc149668989\">General Annotations. 298<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/bibliography\/#_Toc149668990\">Specific Annotations. 298<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/bibliography\/#_Toc149668991\">Biblical Abbreviations and Version Copyright Information. 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