THEO-001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Charades, Hellenistic Philosophy, Randomness
27 Mar 2017
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A belief that that promises to fulfill your oldest, strongest, deepest desires. To freud, an illusion is an error in terms of wish fulfillments. Truth of faith vs. history, science (tillich) (92) There is no conflict between faith in its true nature and reason in its true nature. The truth of faith is different from the scientific, the historical, and the philosophical truths. Likewise, epistemologically, the truth of faith is not contradictory to the truth of science, history, or faith. Since faith is the religious structure of that which grasps a person ultimately, its truth cannot be completely confirmed or validated by the truth of history or science, nor can it be denied. Faith functions more as an interpretive discourse in relation to science, history or philosophy; it asks questions of ultimate meaning and is therefore in no position to pass judgment upon the validity of historical investigation or scientific experimentation.
