· Presupposition
o What we comet to when we can no longer explain why it is we are saying what we are saying
· Worldview
o “a worldview is a set of presuppositions which we hold about the basic makeup of our world.”
· Open and closed System
o Open:*God is involved in the Universe
o Closed:*God isn’t involved in the universe
· Particulars
o something you can touch, feel everywhere, and all the time
· Universal
o is everywhere, all the time, for everyone (none exclusion)
o gives purpose and meaning to everyone.
· Metanarrative
o is everywhere, all the time, for everyone (none exclusion)
o gives purpose and meaning to everyone.
· Absolute
o Something that is true everywhere all the time
· Autonomous
o Apart from God
· Structuralism verses Deconstructionism
o Language is a social construct that attempts to express meaning from their experience.
o All societies and cultures possess a common structure.
§ Structuralism
ú would say that there is a commonality among the people populating the world
§ Deconstructionism
ú crosses out “All societies and cultures possess a common structure”
· Epistemology
o The theory of how we know, or how we can be sure that what we think we know is correct
· Faith
o Knowledge
o Mental Assent
o Action
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