Assignment
This course exercise will continue the use of journaling, which is a very important part of "doing" philosophy. There are a number of things you will be required to have in your Journal each week, however, you may add anything you want. This is as much to benefit you as it is for part of your grade. We hope that you will continue to do this on a regular basis through your academic journey.
Upon completion of this assignment you should be able to:
Reflect on your understanding of the concept of a worldview, and related philosophical ideas, and to record personal growth in your use of philosophy throughout the course.
Instructions
Review Chapter 9 inA Christian Philosophical Journeycarefully as you work on Worldview Question #5 below. Use this chapter to help you with your answers (and any further synthesis).
Read Worldview Question #2 on page 5 of theCPJ, and answer the questions there about the nature of other things that exist. In addition, ask yourself these questions:
How many different parts to reality are there? (E.g. body, soul, mind? Natural or supernatural?)
What is the difference, if any?
Give an example of something that is true that is not material, and that is not provable by a scientific method/standard.
Read Worldview Question #5 on page 6 of theCPJ, and answer the questions listed there about the definition of a human being. Feel free to use theLife Application Study Biblein order to help answer this in a theological way, as well. In addition, ask yourself these questions:
Have you ever tried to define yourself as a human? What would that include?
What does the Bible say about who humans are?
From what you know about psychology, how does science describe a human being?
Is humanistic existentialism a direct opposite of the biblical concept of the image of God in humans?