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Fideism

Fideism (/ˈfiːdeɪ.ɪzəm, ˈfaɪdiː-/ FEE-day-iz-əm, FY-dee-) is a standpoint or an epistemological theory which maintains that faith is independent of reason, or that reason and faith are hostile to each other and faith is superior at arriving at particular truths (see natural theology). The word fideism comes from fides, the Latin word for faith, and…

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related to Wittgenstein and fideism · 18
Fideism → According, Culture, Frazer's Golden Bough, In, Kai Nielsen, Lectures, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Maurice O'Connor Drury, Oets Kolk Bouwsma, Religious Belief, Remarks, The, This, Value, Wittgenstein's, Wittgensteinian, Wittgensteinian Fideism, Wittgensteinians
related to Blaise Pascal and fideism · 13
Fideism → Abraham, Another, Blaise Pascal, Do, Even, God, God's, He, Isaac, Jacob, Pascal, Pascal's Wager, The God
related to Further reading · 13
Fideism → Benjamin Brown, Faith, Humanities, Its Development, Judaism, New, Nineteenth Century, Simple Faith, Social Sciences, Studies, The Catholic Encyclopedia, The Comeback, The Ultra-Orthodox Concept
related to Fideism and presuppositional apologetics · 11
Fideism → Bible, Calvinist Protestantism, Christian, Cornelius Van Til, God, God's, It, On, Presuppositional, TAG, To
related to Kant's qualified fideism · 11
Fideism → As, For, God, Hamann, Immanuel Kant, Kant, Kant's Critique, Pure Reason, The, This, While Kant
related to Sources · 9
Fideism → Amesbury, Baker Book House, Christian Apologetics, Geisler, ISBN, Norman, Philosophy, Richard, Stanford Encyclopedia
related to As sin · 8
Fideism → According, Blind, De Veritate, God, NonLord Herbert, Notable, Peter Abelard, Sic
related to Fideism rejected by the Catholic Church · 7
Fideism → Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholics, God's, Pope Pius, The Anti-Modernist, The Catechism
see also · 7
Fideism → Agnostic, Christ, Christians, GodLiberal Christianity, Protestant, Rational, Sola
related to overview · 2
Fideism → Alvin Plantinga, The

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Søren Kierkegaardinstance ofCorrespondence theory of truthPragmatic theory of truthConstructivist epistemologyConsensus theory of truthCoherence theory of truthSubjectivismTertullianTertullian taught fidei…0.80text
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the later philosophers William of Ockhaminstance ofCorrespondence theory of truthPragmatic theory of truthConstructivist epistemologyConsensus theory of truthCoherence theory of truthSubjectivism TertullianTertullian taught fide…0.80text
Søren Kierkegaardinstance ofCorrespondence theory of truthPragmatic theory of truthConstructivist epistemologyConsensus theory of truthCoherence theory of truthSubjectivism TertullianTertullian taught fide…0.80text
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Fideismrelated to As sinGod0.60section
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Fideismrelated to As sinPeter Abelard0.60section
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