Apologetics Seminary: Bahnsen on Van Til

This series of lectures was given at the Southern California Center for Christian Studies Summer Seminar in 1998, and offers an explanation of Bahnsens understanding of the work of Dr. Cornelius Van Til..
Individual FilesMB 122--Van Til as a Synthetic ThinkerMB 123--Van Til as a Seminal ThinkerMB 124--Ultimate Commitment, EpistemologyMB 125--Impossibility of the ContraryMB 126--Van Til & Critics, ClarkMB 127--Nature & Necessity of ApologeticsMB 128--A Simple Summary & IllustrationMB 129--The Epistemological Side of ApologeticsMB 130--Epistemology (cont.)--Self-DeceptionMB 131--The Apologetical Side of Epistemology1MB 132--Presuppositional Argument & Conclusion

Religious Epistemology

A course taught at Christ College, is a study of modern developments in epistmology and their influence on Christian Apologetics. Topics include neo-Thomism, evidentialism, "Reformed" epistemology (Alvin Plantinga, George Mavrodes), Wittgensteinian fideism, Clarkian rationalism, the influence of Thomas Kuhn and other philosophers of science and deconstruction. The course argues that the only biblically defensible and philosophical coherent epistemology is presuppositionalism.

 

individual filesMB200--IntroductionMB201--Introduction (cont)MB202--ThomismMB203--Common SenseMB204--Princeton ApologeticsMB205--Wittgensteinian FideismMB206--Scientific ModelsMB207--Clark & Intro. to Reformed EpistemologyMB208--PlantingaMB209--Biblical Epistemology1MB210--Biblical Epistemology (cont).

 

The Philosophy of Science

This course, taught at Christ College, investigates the nature of science. The course focuses on the definition of science, the scientific method, science and rationality, scientific realism, instrumentalism, the nature of theory and much more. The original tapes are of diminished quality.
Individual filesMB100--IntroductionMB101--What is Philosophy--part IMB102--What is Philosophy--part IIMB103--History of Science--part IMB104--History of Science--part IIMB105--History of Science--part IIIMB106--Science and TheologyMB107--Definition of Science--part IMB108--Definition of Science--part IIMB109--Overtons Decision1MB110--Overtons Definition1MB111--Logical Positivism--part I1MB112--Logical Positivism--part II1MB113--Quine/Kuhn1MB114--Kuhn1MB115--Realism1MB116--Positivism/Pragmatism1MB117--The Scientific Method1MB118---Limits of Science20: MB119--Presuppositions2MB120--Presuppositions of Science2MB121--Christian Approach to Science