Please listen to yourself Geoff... you seem to have a pretty
clear idea of the truth test for yourself.
Not exact matches
From Peirce's claim that we can make our
ideas clear by considering their conceivable practical effects, to James's notion
of truth's cash value in experiential terms, to Dewey's own view
of the practical character
of reality, the message seems to be that philosophy has more to offer than a therapeutic stance toward social issues and a rhetorical presentation
of new suggestions.
In these ways, the objections to the
idea of truth as correspondence can be
cleared away, and we can explicitly reaffirm this notion, which we all implicitly affirm in practice, and we can therefore reaffirm that the task
of the theologian involves the attempt to formulate the Christian faith in true doctrines, and to defend the
truth of these doctrines by showing them to be self - consistent, adequate to the facts
of experience, and illuminating.
It is true that in petition the
idea of omnipotence given up; but here it again becomes
clear that the concept
of omnipotence as universal
truth, a theoretical dogma, does not belong to Jesus» view
of God.
Most
of his book is a history
of the unavailing efforts
of philosophers, since the time
of Descartes, to find certainty, to discover a set
of sensations («raw feels» or
clear and distinct
ideas) or terms (analytical
truths, the symbols
of mathematical logic) that would provide a secure foundation for all human inquiries and activities.
Although we come up with all kinds
of reasons to deny God's existence he has made his existence abundently
clear through our surroundings and the discoveries
of science... when it comes down to it, most in the science community don't like the
idea of a creator because then they'd have to answer to that creator... this reality will keep many from accepting the
Truth found in Jesus (absolute
Truth)...
Once you've pressed the button at the end which tells you the real
truth of your finances, you'll have a crystal
clear idea of your income expenditure.