The Epistemic Advantage of Lost Autographic Tokens of the Bible

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-193
Author(s):  
J. P. Moreland ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Actual World ◽  
Original Writings ◽  
Semantic Meaning ◽  
Epistemological Problem ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Text Types ◽  
Biblical Inerrancy ◽  
Ontological Problem

I address an epistemic and related ontological dificulty with the doctrine of biblical inerrancy. The ontological problem: If biblical inerrancy applies to the original autographs, why would God allow these to disappear from the scene? The epistemological problem: Given that the original autographs are gone, we lack a way to know exactly what the original writings were. The first problem is solved by distinguishing text types and tokens, and claiming that semantic meaning and inerrancy are underivative features types. The second is resolved by claiming that in the actual world, we are epistemically better off with the original tokens gone.

4. New light on the Hebrew Bible

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy H. Lim
Keyword(s):  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Dead Sea Scrolls ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
Medieval Period ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Text Types ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Biblical Texts

‘New light on the Hebrew Bible’ investigates what the Dead Sea Scrolls can tell us about the textual diversity and canonicity of the Hebrew Bible. Before the scrolls were discovered, Hebrew manuscripts generally dated back to the medieval period. The Qumran texts, dating to between 250 bce and 100 ce, tell us what the Bible was like before its standardization. Errors from copying gave rise to different text-types, and the Dead Sea Scrolls showed that there were far more text-types than previously thought. Variations in readings of the Hebrew Bible and other ancient sources show there was greater diversity in biblical texts than previously realized.

Fundamentals of Human Rights Theory

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher McCrudden
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Epistemological Problem ◽  
Human Rights Practice ◽  
System P ◽  
Dependent Theory ◽  
Normative Foundation ◽  
Ontological Problem

The previous three chapters described three central problems that recur when courts have to deal with religious litigation: the teleological problem, epistemological problem, and ontological problem. All three problems are both the occasion for disputes, and (taken together) exacerbate other disputes, bringing the courts themselves into the fray, preventing them from playing the role of standing above the conflict. So, what is to be done? This chapter proposes a reconstructed practice-dependent theory of human rights that addresses issues of religion. It discusses how human dignity provides a normative foundation for the system of human rights as a whole. The proposed theory accepts that human rights law and human rights practice beyond the legal sphere is pluralistic, and that building this pluralism into human rights theory accurately reflects the diverse nature of human rights, including judicial adjudication and religious narratives within that system.

Inerrancy

2021 ◽  
pp. 84-101
Author(s):  
A. T. B. McGowan
Keyword(s):  
Historical Approach ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Biblical Inerrancy

This chapter begins with an attempted definition of the term ‘inerrancy’ before going on to discuss its history and development. This includes a consideration of the origins of fundamentalism as well as noting the influence of B. B. Warfield, A. A. Hodge, and the Princetonian tradition. The chapter then turns to the publication of a volume by Jack Rogers and Donald McKim which sparked the modern debate on inerrancy. In the book, The Authority and Interpretation of the Bible: An Historical Approach, Rogers and McKim opposed the use of the word ‘inerrancy’. Those who opposed Rogers and McKim’s argument gathered in conference and this led to the publication of The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy. The debate centred upon whether the word ‘infallibility’ or the word ‘inerrancy’ should be used in defining the nature and authority of Scripture. The chapter goes on to analyse the use of the term ‘inerrancy’, noting first the arguments against its use, followed by the inerrantists’ defence of their position. In conclusion, the chapter argues that those evangelicals who want to use the term ‘inerrancy’ and those who prefer to speak about the ‘trustworthiness’ of the Scripture have a great deal in common and that much of the debate is terminological rather than substantive.

scholarly journals Contra o Conceito do Direito: Ontologia e Epistemologia no Problema da Definição do Direito

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ítalo Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Legal Theory ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Epistemological Problem ◽  
Specific Object ◽  
Advance Research ◽  
The Concept Of Law ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Ontological Problem ◽  
Concept Of Law

The problem of definition of the concept of law or at least the description of features of legal phenomenon presents variation about the implications of its solution and about the worries around it. The forms of this problem I am interested in are related to ontology and epistemology in legal philosophy: ‘What is the law?’ as (1) a question about the definition of the essence of law and (2) about the definition of a specific object of investigation for sciences about the supposed legal phenomenon – philosophy of law, legal theory, and science of law, for instance. Challenging its premises and trying to avoid both the ontological problem and epistemological problem, I propose a change of perspective from pragmatic concerns what I call the “manager's point of view”: a vision of who should manage the finite economic resources to finance scientific activity in the area of law. I argue that, starting from there, the problem of defining the concept of law as an ontological problem and as a epistemological problem is an unnecessary problem whose solution is useless to advance research in the field of law. I propose a reorientation of the controversy that has implications on how to see the researches and the education in this field.

scholarly journals Truth criterium according to Malebranche

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 235-263
Author(s):  
Bruna Frascolla Bloise
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
The Other ◽  
Epistemological Problem ◽  
The Bible

Along with a theological question, the protestat Reformation brought another one, epistemological: what is the criterion of truth? If truth is subjective, the spirit of a believer is the criterion, and one is free for deprehending whatever he pleases from his reading of the Bible. If it is objective, there must be some criterion of truth. At the beginning, catholics adopted skepticism and denied that truth could ever be known. That is why Father Malebranche attacks skeptics. But he also attacks Aristotelians. The present article shows how he solves the epistemological problem through occasionalism, and trows the foundations for English empiricism. At his attack ons skeptics, Malebranche repeats Contra Academicos and bets on the trueness of soul perceptions. On the other side, he shows that these perceptions cannot ever attain that truth of the things in themselves, and that their only utility is to reveal relations between ideas (which may be empirical). The knowledge would be the perception of such relations, without any Cartesian notion of objective causality. As for matters of faith, since they are not empirical, nor purely abstract, they must be subjected to the authority of tradition, and the most credible authority is the chronologically nearest to Revelation.

Authority and Truth

2020 ◽  
pp. 53-80
Author(s):  
Michael C. Rea
Keyword(s):  
Biblical Interpretation ◽  
Biblical Authority ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Textual Authority ◽  
Biblical Texts ◽  
Biblical Inerrancy

Chapter 3 is divided into three sections. The first attempts to clarify what might be meant in calling a text authoritative. The second draws distinctions between different things that might be meant by saying that a text is truthful. The goal in both of these parts is to arrive at some general conclusions about texts, rather than specific conclusions about the Bible. Consequently, the chapter refrains from making assumptions about (e.g.) biblical interpretation or about the truth of particular biblical texts. Indeed, for much of the discussion, the Bible is not even directly in view. The third section draws out some of the implications of the discussions in the first two sections for the question of how textual authority and textual truth are connected to one another. It also comments on the significance of these conclusions for discussions about the relation between biblical authority and biblical inerrancy.

Affirming Diversity in the Task of Integration: a Response to “Biblical Authority and Christian Psychology”

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Guy
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Biblical Authority ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Christian Psychology ◽  
Biblical Inerrancy

A summary of the author's approach to the integration of psychology und theology is followed by a response to Lawrence J. Crabb's article. “Biblical Authority and Christian Psychology,” which appeared in (he Volume 9, Number 4 issue of the Journal of Psychology and Theology. In this response it is suggested that biblical inerrancy does not necessarily result in inerrant theological formulations. It is also suggested that the Bible's unique purpose, as described by Crabb, may not require that theology be given authority over psychology. Finally, it is pointed out that what Crabb refers to as the proportional form of the Bible may not eliminate errors in conceptualizing its revealed truth. A brief discussion of the implications of this position follows, with special emphasis upon affirming the diversity which exists today among Christian mental health professionals.

Bound by the Bible

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Kessler
Keyword(s):  
The Bible
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