PHL 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Firmament, Genesis I, Big Bang
19 Oct 2017
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Defining philosophy and religion; the relationship between revelation and. A rational, critical and systematic study of the basic principles, concepts and truths related to problems of being and existence. A rational, critical and systematic study of religion. A set of symbolic worldviews, theories of action, and institutions that relate individuals or groups of individuals to that which they consider to be ultimate reality: world views (philosophical thoughts, weltanschauung german, darshana sanskrit. In this course, worldviews refer to philosophical thoughts. Not as in our view of our world or earth but rather the entirety of the cosmos and beyond. For instance, the story of creationism or how the cosmos came to be in religious traditions. Analyze symbolically aka what is the meaning of that text. The cosmogony of genesis, chapter one; the worldview and the theory of time. Common to later judaic, christian and islamic philosophical thought. Problem of evil in genesis and in qur"an.
