Title of the Assignment Outline an account of how philosophy can relate positively to theology, and appropriately support theological reasoning and application. Illustrate your account with a selection of relevant examples from the history of philosophy’s interaction with theology. Commentary This is the third essay of the three 1000 word assignments from the Take Home Exam I did for Philosophy...
Hegel and Mill
Title of the Assignment If John Stuart Mill and Georg Hegel were both to answer the question “What makes a good society?”, which one in your view would give the best reply? Give reasons for your choice from a Christian perspective Commentary This was part of my Take Home Exam – have a read of my commentary in the article called Ockham and Aquinas. It was three 1000 word essays to be written...
Ockham and Aquinas
Title of the Assignment Compare and contrast the approaches offered regarding human knowledge by Aquinas and Ockham. Commentary This one was a bit of a tough one. Everyone thinks that an “open book exam” is easy, but markers will naturally approach an open book exam with a more critical eye simply because you are expected to use your access to the text to provide a better quality...
Fear and Trembling
Title of the Assignment An interaction with a philosophical document from the early modern/modern periods with significance for the relationship between Christianity and a major philosophical issue. Summarise the key ideas of the document below, and outline what contribution (or questions) it makes/raises for the relationship between Christianity and the philosophical perspective or issue...
Cur Deus Homo
Title of the Assignment An interaction with a philosophical document from the ancient/medieval periods with significance for the relationship between Christianity and a major philosophical issue. Summarise the key ideas of one of the documents below, and outline what contribution (or questions) it makes/raises for the relationship between Christianity and the philosophical perspective or issue...