REL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Incorporeality, Classical Theism, Theism

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: REL 102
• Professor: Maklakiewicz

Document Summary

Philosophy=love of wisdom; obsession with truth; trying to understand the ultimate principles that make being/existence work. *belief=any idea that you happen to hold in your mind a belief can be believed or not be believed but can still be held as a belief can have false beliefs. *true belief (the belief exists)=overlap between beliefs (ideas, opinions, perceptions) and truths (grounded in reality (the world outside of the mind)); *a belief/opinion/idea that actually corresponds/reflects/captures reality for what it is ex earth is spherical. *justification=if a true belief is justified, the reasons that you assent/agree to it are the very same reasons that actually make the belief true. Psychological explanations about why we are inclined to believe in god. Philosophical explanations about existence or non existence of god. Philosophical perspective=approached problem of god by investigating through rational discourse, inquiry and analysis investigating the logical foundations, the ultimate justifications of people"s belief in god.