scholarly journals Probing the mind of God: divine beliefs and credences

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Jackson ◽  
Justin Mooney
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Theology ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Divine Knowledge ◽  
The Mind

Abstract Although much has been written about divine knowledge, and some on divine beliefs, virtually nothing has been written about divine credences. In this article we comparatively assess four views on divine credences: (1) God has only beliefs, not credences; (2) God has both beliefs and credences; (3) God has only credences, not beliefs; and (4) God has neither credences nor beliefs, only knowledge. We weigh the costs and benefits of these four views and draw connections to current discussions in philosophical theology.

scholarly journals The Scholarly Evaluation of Ahadi’th Prescribed for Secondary School Certificate Part-I

2018 ◽  
Vol I (II) ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Dr. Muhammad Majid ◽  
Dr. Arshad Khan Bangash
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Text Book ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
School Certificate ◽  
Divine Knowledge ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Young Mind ◽  
Compulsory Subject ◽  
The Mind

Islamic Studies is included as a compulsory subject in the Syllabi taught in Schools, Colleges and Universities of Pakistan. While preparing the prescribed courses intended for Islamic Studies (compulsory) special emphasis is placed on focusing the entire religion i.e Beliefs ,Worship, Ethics etc in the course. Translation and Tafsir of Qur’inic verses and Hadi’th is also made part of the curriculam. Along with the moderen education a student can also be informed about Islam , so that a young generation with a sound knowledge on all lines emerges from educational institutions to meet the future challenges. To achieve this goal great attention is paid to the preperation of the curricula by using experties in the field, but even then errors do ocure in the form of incorrect wording of the Ahadiths and inclusion of less authentic sayings of the holy prophet (SAW) which amounts to commiting a great sin by misguieding the youth regarding the factual position of the divine knowledge thus leaving the mind ill informed about their religion which might prove disastreous for the society in future as the young mind carries with him whatever he learns at school and his formative years. There is a great demand for judging the validity of the less authentic sayings of the holy prophet (SAW) and the need for passing them through research filters is being felt in the educational circles. The article under consideration here aims at probing into the details of the origin of the Ahadiths prescribed for the1st part of the Secondary School Certificate Course. Keywords: Ahadi’th, Text Book, Matric, Mustadrak, Ibn e Maja

The Priority of the Perfect in the Philosophical Theology of the Continental Rationalists

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT MERRIHEW ADAMS
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Theology ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Divine Knowledge

This chapter examines the concept of the priority of the perfect in continental rationalists’ philosophical theology. It suggests that the less perfect or complete needs to be understood in terms of what is more perfect and complete and this is called the top-down strategy. It argues that divine knowledge constitutes a kind of perfect ideal or archetype which human knowledge imperfectly resembles or approaches and contends that man’s knowledge and thought could be to God’s rather as a dog’s is to man’s.

The Roots of Eternity

1988 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Leftow
Keyword(s):  
Human Freedom ◽  
Philosophical Theology ◽  
God's Will ◽  
Concept Of God ◽  
Divine Knowledge ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
God’S Foreknowledge ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Eleonore Stump

The claim that God is eternal is a standard feature of late–classical and mediaeval philosophical theology. It is prominent in discussions of the relation of God's foreknowledge to human freedom, and its consequences pervade traditional accounts of other kinds of divine knowledge, of God's will, and of God's relation to the world. So an examination of the concept of eternity promises to repay our efforts with a better understanding of the history of philosophical theology and with insight into the concept of God. Eleonore Stump and Norman Kretzmann's ‘Eternity’ is a forceful, sophisticated presentation and defence of the notion of eternity. Our treatment of eternity will focus on two of Stump and Kretzmann's claims. First, Stump and Kretzmann contend that eternity isa kind of ‘atemporal duration’. We will see that while this is true, it is only part of the story. Second, Stump and Kretzmann claim to provide a viable account of how the existence of an eternal being can be simultaneous with some temporal event. We will see that and why they have not done so.

Descartes on Universal Essences and Divine Knowledge

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Human Beings ◽  
Divine Knowledge ◽  
The Mind

This chapter develops a new defense of the conceptualist interpretation of Descartes’s theory of universals, according to which universal essences are merely innate, intellectual ideas in the minds of human beings. The source of this conceptualism is to be found in Descartes’s view that all substances are simple. Given this simplicity, universals can exist neither in created things as shared properties nor in the mind of God as ideas or exemplars for creation. Descartes rejects the Neoplatonic doctrine of exemplary causation on the grounds that it anthropomorphizes God. He also rejects the related doctrine of divine ideas that was intended by medieval philosophers to explain divine knowledge of creaturely essences in terms of God’s knowledge of himself. It is argued here that Descartes’s God knows these essences by knowing created substances directly. This chapter also responds to objections to the conceptualist interpretation and identifies the failings of rival Platonist readings.

Analytic Theology as a Spiritual Practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 175-190
Author(s):  
William Wood
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Practice ◽  
Spiritual Life ◽  
Philosophical Theology ◽  
Spiritual Exercises ◽  
The World ◽  
Life Of The Mind ◽  
Authentic Development ◽  
The Mind

Part III calls for a more theological analytic theology and defends analytic theology from some common theological objections. Many theologians reject analytic theology because they find it too abstract and spiritually sterile to count as genuine theology. In contrast, I argue that analytic theology may be understood as a spiritual practice. Intellectual practices are also spiritual exercises when they (1) aim at self-improvement or liberation, instead of simply the acquisition of knowledge; (2) discipline the passions, since unchecked passions and immoderate desires are the enemy of both the spiritual life and the life of the mind; (3) help us see the world as it really is, rather than as we imagine or wish it to be; and (4) help us cultivate specific virtues that are at once intellectual and moral, like attention or concentration. It is in these senses that analytic theology can be understood as a spiritual practice. Analytic theology is an authentic development of a tradition of Christian philosophical theology, which includes Anselm and Aquinas as members, and which treats theology as both theoretical and practical at once.

scholarly journals The Mental Health Aspect of Mind Wandering

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karthick S.
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mind Wandering ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Therapeutic Benefits ◽  
Current Task ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Mind ◽  
A Current

The mind rarely remains on one topic for a prolonged period without deviation. It’s a dynamic nature of the experience of the mind that everyone experiencing mind wandering, in which attention switches from a current task to unrelated thoughts and feelings. Studies had explored the phenomenology of mind wandering and highlighted the importance of its content and relation to metacognition in defining its purposeful effects. This study is about the mental health aspects of mind wandering which involve a complex balance of costs and benefits: Its association with various kinds of mental health-related explanation, therapeutic benefits and its applicability in mental health.

How Homo economicus lost her mind and how we can revive her

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter DeScioli
Keyword(s):  
Economic Thought ◽  
History Of Economic Thought ◽  
Homo Economicus ◽  
Economic Theories ◽  
Target Article ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Mind ◽  
And Behavior

AbstractThe target article by Boyer & Petersen (B&P) contributes a vital message: that people have folk economic theories that shape their thoughts and behavior in the marketplace. This message is all the more important because, in the history of economic thought, Homo economicus was increasingly stripped of mental capacities. Intuitive theories can help restore the mind of Homo economicus.

Using the research on intergroup conflict in nonhuman animals to help inform patterns of human intergroup conflict

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda R. Ridley ◽  
Melanie O. Mirville
Keyword(s):  
Large Body ◽  
Nonhuman Animal ◽  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Animal Groups ◽  
Interesting Article ◽  
Nonhuman Animals

Abstract There is a large body of research on conflict in nonhuman animal groups that measures the costs and benefits of intergroup conflict, and we suggest that much of this evidence is missing from De Dreu and Gross's interesting article. It is a shame this work has been missed, because it provides evidence for interesting ideas put forward in the article.

Metaphors in the Mind

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeannette Littlemore
Keyword(s):  
The Mind
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