PHIL1101 is an introduction into the various belief systems that constitute worldviews with an emphasis on issues of epistemology, logic, and critical thinking. 

Christopher Cone, Th.D, Ph.D, Ph.D 

John Oglesby, MA 

Stephen Lewis, Ph.D 

Shea Houdmann 

Martin Cochran 

Module 1 Presuppositions in Critical Thought  

Cone, p. 11–85, 141–169

Does everyone have presuppositions? Are there correct and incorrect first principles? Dr. Christopher Cone addresses the topic of presuppositions and their relationship with critical thought.  

Module 2 Hermeneutic Centrality in Critical Thought 

Cone, p. 153-265 

John Oglesby presents the importance and priority of hermeneutics within the discipline of Critical Thought. Why is hermeneutics so important? What is its relationship with critical thinking? 

Module 3 Transformative Models for Critical Thought 

Stephen Lewis presents biblical case studies of critical thinking and logic. Is there a biblical model presented? What prescriptions and models are found within the Scriptures?  

Module 4 Epistemology and the Study of Knowledge: An Introduction 

https://www.drcone.com/2015/07/24/a-brief-introduction-to-philosophical-inquiry-and-components-of-worldview-part-1-addressing-the-epistemological-questions/ 

How do you know anything? Can facts be ascertained? If so, at what level and how might that be achieved? The study of epistemology asks questions of knowledge and how we, as mankind, might understand the reality in which we find ourselves. Epistemology has been ground-zero for debate amongst philosophers for millennia. The learner, after this module, will understand the foundational aspects of the questions of knowledge.  

Module 5 Epistemology: Comparing Systems 

Descartes, p. 6–32 

Hume, p. xvii–9 

Nietzsche, p. 260–271 

John Oglesby presents and compares various systems of epistemology from the most influential thinkers such as Descartes, Hume, Nietzsche, and God. Is there a correct model of thinking? If so, which might it be?  

Module 6 Introduction to Logic 

Poythress, p. 24–79 

Christopher Cone presents and introduction to the world of Logic and presents various subcategories within the discipline.   

Module 7 Logical Fallacies 

Poythress, p. 80-133 

Marty Cochran presents a wide variety of logical fallacies which the Learner should avoid whenever working through arguments.  

Module 8 Implications of Epistemology and Logic within Worldview 

Cone, p. 267-344 

Steve Lewis presents contemporary implications when working with logic and worldview. What are the implications behind epistemology and logic–thinking critically? What if you get it wrong, or, you get it right? Why does it matter and how does it affect you? Critical thinking certainly impacts those hard questions that philosophy tends to focus on, but it also impacts those day-to-day questions and conversations. After this module, the learner will understand the importance of critical thinking within various areas of life.  

Module 9 Technology and Critical Thought 

Shea Houdmann presents various areas of discussion within technology and critical thought such as the importance of thinking critically whenever approaching various forms of technology.  

Module 10 Science and Worldview 

Dr. Jeff Christianson addresses issues of Science, worldview, and critical thought. How does the discipling of thinking critically play out whenever undergirding science with the Biblical worldview? 

1. Cone, Christopher, Prolegomena on Biblical Hermeneutics and Method (Hurst, TX: Tyndale Seminary Press, 2012), ISBN: 978-1938484032, $21.00

    

2. Descartes, Rene, Meditations on First Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 1911), Electronic Version Provided, 6–32. 

    

3. Hume, David, Treatise of Human Nature: An Attempt to Introduce Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects (London, Edinburgh: Clarendon Press, 1896), Electronic Version Provided, xvii–9. 

    

4. Neitzsche, Friedrich, Will to Power (New York, NY: Random House, 1967), Electronic Version Provided, 260–271.

    

5. Poythress, Vern Sheridan, Logic: A God-Centered Approach to the Foundation of Western Thought (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2013), ISBN: 978-1-4335-3229-0, $45.00