Talking about Truth: Epistemology and Perspectives

The Truth about Truth: Epistemology and Perspectives

Part two of an introduction to epistemology! When we talk about what is true, in any realm (science, politics, ethics), we must be justified and certain of our truths. We clarify how we justify and where our justification comes from. Tune in to hear how Christians should philosophically understand truth!

Talking about Truth: Epistemology and Perspectives

The sub discipline of philosophy called epistemology is key to our acquisition of knowledge. When we talk about what is true, in any realm (science, politics, ethics), we must be justified and certain of our truths. Epistemology is then just as important in undermining other worldviews and cavalier assertions. Tune in to hear how Christians should philosophically understand truth!

A Just Plumbline: Building a Correct Ethical System

Ethics asks about what is right and what we ought to do. But seriously, how should we live? In a world that is desiring justice, ethics is an important plumbline that centers all we do. Our legal systems and now business and A.I look to ethical discussions to inform the standards we set in real world contexts. There is a sharp distinction between how secular and Christian ethics is understood. Tune in to listen!

Triads and Perspectives: A Framework for Inquiry

Christian philosophy should base itself on the nature of God. And if God's nature is trinitarian, how does that play into the way we study and speak about truth? In today's episode we take the idea of looking at subjects through triads to understand the unity and diversity of our knowledge whilst rejecting reductionism: making a single perspective our god.

Christian Metaphysics and the Dismantling of Materialism

In the sub-discipline of Metaphysics, philosophers talk about reality: what things exist, why things exist, and the complexity of how our universe is arranged. Today we overview this discipline and get straight into things. With topics of evolution, free will and more, the Piouspodium takes on the philosophy of Materialism and shows its inadequacy against the Christian understanding of reality.