5.2 Discussion. Historiography & 5.3 Discussion. Post-Modernism

5.3 Discussion: Post

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Modernism

Review the

Questions to Consider

in Chapter 15 of your textbook,

A Christian Philosophical

Journey

, page 325.

1.

Write a 150

-

to 200

-

word description (three or four paragraphs, or at least five

observations) about the contrast between modernism and post

-

modernism. Answer the

following

Questions to Consider

from page 325 by analyzing the debate about objective

or subj

ective truth in different periods of philosophy in Chapter 15:

1.

To what extent can we really see the world as it really is?

2.

To what extent is truth a function of power?

3.

To what extent to texts have stable meanings?

4.

What are the best Christian “take

-

aways” f

rom postmodernism?

2.

Give particular attention to the difference between an overall story of human history

(macro narrative) that provides meaning in a collective sense,

versus

the concept of a

society of individual human stories (micro narratives). What is

your logical best

assessment of post

-

modernism and what it seeks to do concerning objective truth?

3.

Conclude your remarks by reviewing and assessing the list of five Christian inferences

made by the author in Section 15.4 (pages 338

–

339) of the

CPJ

.

1.

Provide

a critique of the author’s thesis in this textbook (both in Chapter 8 and

here) that a “critical

-

realist” approach is the best Christian approach in both

philosophical theory and practice.

2.

Do you agree with him? Why or why not?

5.3 Discussion: Post-Modernism

Review the Questions to Consider in Chapter 15 of your textbook, A Christian Philosophical

Journey, page 325.

1. Write a 150- to 200-word description (three or four paragraphs, or at least five

observations) about the contrast between modernism and post-modernism. Answer the

following Questions to Consider from page 325 by analyzing the debate about objective

or subjective truth in different periods of philosophy in Chapter 15:

1. To what extent can we really see the world as it really is?

2. To what extent is truth a function of power?

3. To what extent to texts have stable meanings?

4. What are the best Christian “take-aways” from postmodernism?

2. Give particular attention to the difference between an overall story of human history

(macro narrative) that provides meaning in a collective sense, versus the concept of a

society of individual human stories (micro narratives). What is your logical best

assessment of post-modernism and what it seeks to do concerning objective truth?

3. Conclude your remarks by reviewing and assessing the list of five Christian inferences

made by the author in Section 15.4 (pages 338–339) of the CPJ.

1. Provide a critique of the author’s thesis in this textbook (both in Chapter 8 and

here) that a “critical-realist” approach is the best Christian approach in both

philosophical theory and practice.

2. Do you agree with him? Why or why not?