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Philosophy of Religion: Exploring Divine Existence with Epistemology
Professor James Hall, Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Richmond, guides you through the perplexing questions of divine existence using the tools of epistemology. With nearly 40 years of teaching experience, Professor Hall provides a rigorous yet engaging exploration of the philosophy of religion.
- Instructor’s Background: Professor Hall, the son of a Baptist minister, combines his seminary training with a doctorate in philosophy, offering a unique perspective on these profound questions.
- Course Overview:
- Introduction to Epistemology: Understand the foundations of philosophy, religion, God, and knowledge in the first eight lectures.
- Defining God: Narrowing the definition to the God of ethical monotheism, exploring characteristics like omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, omniperfection, and aseity.
- Major Arguments for God’s Existence:
- Ontological Argument: Entails divine existence from the concept of Godhood.
- Cosmological Argument: Asserts the existence of God as the first cause of the world.
- Teleological Argument: Suggests a designer based on the magnificent design of the world.
- Divine Encounter: Explores direct communication with God, ultimately yielding a “not proved” verdict.
- Arguments against God’s Existence:
- The Problem of Evil: Examines the claim that nature or humans causing suffering contradicts God’s existence.
- Theodicies: Explores responses from religious traditions to reconcile the existence of evil, resulting in a hung jury between theism and atheism.
- Faith and Transcendence:
- Religious Agnosticism: Explores faith without or against evidence and the irrelevance of proof to faith.
- Transcendentalist Claims: Examines the idea that God transcends the world, delving into the consequences of this argument.
- Causes versus Intentions:
- Paradigms: Considers religious claims as part of an alternative paradigm with intentionality as a fundamental category.
- Language Games: Examines religious claims as moves in language games, emphasizing stories-told-for-a-purpose.
- Conclusion:
- Retracing Conceptual Problems: The final lecture revisits the conceptual issues in ethical monotheism and invites reflection on the philosophical journey.
- Instructor’s Style: Professor Hall’s amiable, humorous, and clear teaching style keeps the course engaging, avoiding needless abstraction.
- Format: Audio lectures that provide a comprehensive exploration of divine existence with philosophical rigor.
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