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Essentials of Philosophy and Christian Thought

A seminary-level version of this class is available in our Institute Program.
Number of lessons: 6
Total length: 2 hours and 57 minutes
format: Audio
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A seminary-level version of this class is available in our Institute Program.

About the Professor

Ronald Nash

Evangelical Baptist Philosopher and Apologist
Ronald Nash

Lessons

  • 1. Worldviews

    Dr. Nash covers the objectives to the lectures, reading material, and discusses the five major beliefs that make up a worldview

  • 2. Naturalism

    A discussion of naturalism, what it teaches, two major exponents of naturalism (Lamont, Russell), and why it is wrong

  • 3. Plato: Introduction and Summary

    Theories opposed by Plato ("Hermman"), his significance, his three forms of dualism, and Plato's basic teaching on "forms"

  • 4. Plato: Theory of Knowledge

    Plato's doctrine of the immortality of the soul, his understanding of knowledge (argued against by Augustine and Plotinus), and a discussion of rationalism vs. empiricism

  • 5. Aristotle, Plotinus, and Aquinas

    The contributions of Aristotle (the law of non-contradiction; the difference between essential and non-essential properties), Plotinus, and Aquinas

  • 6. The Case Against Open Theism

    Open theism is the belief that God does not know the future; otherwise, we would not be free in our decisions. Nash discusses the teachings of God's omniscience and human free will, and the logical implications of this teaching.

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