Week 1
(March 3):
Introduction
- class slides
- class notes
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Week's Work: Think about these questions:
- What is truth?
- What is the starting point for truth?
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Quote Identification Challenge: (Winner on 3.17.2002)
Identify who wrote the following: "Our American atmosphere is vocal with the flippant loquacity of half knowledge."
- Hint 1: It was neither Jonathan Edwards, nor Winston Churchill.
- Hint 2: The son of the man who wrote it
is now much more famous than the man,
but this wasn't true at the time the quote was written.
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Week 2 (March 17):
What is Truth?
- class slides
- class notes
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Week's Work: Think about this question: Does there exist any propositions
that are affirmed by all sane people?
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Week 3 (March 24):
The Starting Point for Truth (part 1)
- class slides
- class notes
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Week's Work: Read the following Scripture passages: Matthew 16:13-17;
Matthew 11:25-27; Psalm 119:18; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
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Week 4 (March 31):
The Starting Point for Truth (part 2)
- class slides
- class notes
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Week's Work: Read the Jonathan Edwards' sermon I mentioned in class:
"A Divine and Supernatural Light".
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Quote Identification Challenge 2: (Winner on 10.14.2002)
Identify who said the following:
"If a picture is worth a thousand words,
then why did God give us His Word, instead of His drawings."
- Hint 1: A google search will not be sufficient.
- Hint 2: It is not anyone who has been the answer to any previous
quote ID challenges.
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Week 5 (April 14):
What Do I Do With This Stuff?
- class slides
- class notes
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Week's Work: Answer these questions
- If I affirm that the Bible is the Word of God,
is there anything else that I also need to affirm,
before I can affirm that I am a sinner?
- If so, what else do I need to affirm?
- Hint 3 for Quote ID Challenge 2: The person is living today.
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Week 6 (April 21):
From Truth to Truth
- class slides
- class notes
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Week's Work: For the apologetic methods you know,
think about these two questions:
- What are some of the similarities among the methods?
- If you had to come up with one phrase or sentence
to summarize the major difference among the methods, what would it be?
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Week 7 (April 28):
Application to Apologetics
- class slides
- class notes
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Week's Work: For the apologetic methods you know,
think about these two questions:
- What is science?
- To what extent is science concerned with truth?
- Are there currently some subjects studied by scientists that would
not be studied if all scientists had a Christian philosophy of learning?
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Week 8 (May 5):
Application to Science
- class slides
- class notes
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Week's Work: Pick a short passage from a favorite literary work,
and list some of the propositions affirmed by this passage. (You may also do
the equivalent for a painting or other work of work.)
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Week 9 (May 12):
Application to Literature and Other Arts
- class slides
- class notes
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Week's Work: Think about this question, "What is the best approach
to trying to learn the truth about something that happened in the past?"
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Week 10 (May 19):
Application to History
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Week 11 (May 26):
Application to Current Events
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Those interested in further study about some of the topics discussed in
this 11 week class, may want to consider the
the books on this list.
Also,
a CD containing the PDF class notes, and WAV audio files for each
class is available for purchase. Send email to pol@logicteacher.com for details
about how to get one.
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