Knowledge by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 26. Knowledge (typed) [1960. In Baker's Dictionary of Theology. Everett F. Harrison, ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.] KNOWLEDGE. The problems of knowledge that are raised by the biblical revelation are chiefly two: first, what is the nature of...

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Ethics by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 16. Ethics (typed) [1975, In Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible. Merrill C. Tenney, ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.] ETHICS I. History of ethics A. From the ancient period 1. Plato 2. Aristotle B. From the medieval period 1....

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Truth by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 33. Truth (typed) [1960. In Baker's Dictionary of Theology. Everett F. Harrison, ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.] TRUTH The first Christian theologian to attempt any systematic exposition of the concept of truth was Augustine. His immediate aim as...

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Skepticism by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 36. Skepticism (typed) [1973. In Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Carl F.H. Henry, ed. Washington D.C.: Canon Press.] SKEPTICISM. See also Doubt. Skepticism as popularly conceived means only a doubt or questioning attitude toward one thing or...

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William James by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 58. William James (typed) [1973. In Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Carl F.H. Henry, ed. Washington D.C.: Canon Press.] JAMES, WILLIAM. See also Pragmatism. William James (1842-1910) popularized Pragmatism. Ideas are said to be plans for action;...

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Theism by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 32. Theism (typed) [1975, In Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible. Merrill C. Tenney, ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.] THEISM The terms atheism, the dogmatic denial of God, and agnosticism, a profession of ignorance, indicate a...

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Situational Ethics by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 60. Situational Ethics (typed) [1973. In Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Carl F.H. Henry, ed. Washington D.C.: Canon Press.] SITUATIONAL ETHICS. See also Fletcher, Joseph; Utilitarianism. Situational ethics, though popularly and correctly...

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Pragmatism by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 59. Pragmatism (typed) [1973. In Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Carl F.H. Henry, ed. Washington D.C.: Canon Press.] PRAGMATISM. See also James, William. Pragmatism is an epistemological theory initiated by William, James, thorough a...

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Irrationalism by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 57. Irrationalism (typed) [1973. In Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Carl F.H. Henry, ed. Washington D.C.: Canon Press.] IRRATIONALISM. Irrationalism was a nineteenth century reaction against Hegel that has grown into the secular existentialism...

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Intuition by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 56. Intuition (typed) [1973. In Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Carl F.H. Henry, ed. Washington D.C.: Canon Press.] INTUITION. Intuition, if there be such, is the grasping of an individual object without using inference or general rules. It is an...

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Image of God by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 55. Image of God (typed) [1973. In Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Carl F.H. Henry, ed. Washington D.C.: Canon Press.] IMAGE OF GOD. See also Fall of Man; Imitation of Christ. The image of God in man is asserted but not precisely explained in Gen....

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Fate by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 54. Fate (typed) [1973. In Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Carl F.H. Henry, ed. Washington D.C.: Canon Press.] FATE. See also Astrology; Destiny; Eschatology and Ethics; Providence. Fate and fatalism, so far as written records go seem to begin...

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Faith by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 53. Faith (typed) [1973. In Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Carl F.H. Henry, ed. Washington D.C.: Canon Press.] FAITH. Faith is a concept that raises two main problems: (1) its definition or psychological analysis and (2) its function. The second...

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Cynicism by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 52. Cynicism (typed) [1973. In Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Carl F.H. Henry, ed. Washington D.C.: Canon Press.] CYNICISM. See also Despair; Nihilism; Pessimism. Cynicism, whose founder would rather go insane than feel pleasure, was a school of...

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Gordon Haddon Clark by Roy W. Butler

Encyclopedia 51. Gordon Haddon Clark (typed) [1973. In Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Carl F.H. Henry, ed. Washington D.C.: Canon Press.] CLARK, GORDON HADDON. Only one of Gordon H. Clark’s (1902- ) books, Reading in Ethics (New York, Appleton, Century,...

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The Rev. James A. Clark by D. S. Clark

DS Clark 25. The Rev. James A. Clark (typed) [Unpublished Paper of David Scott Clark] The Rev. James A. Clark by D.S. Clark The late Rev. James Armstrong Clark was born Dec. 4, 1831 at High Chester Mills near Hawick, Scotland. Like the world’s great army of nobles he...

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Behaviorism by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 50. Behaviorism (typed) [1973. In Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Carl F.H. Henry, ed. Washington D.C.: Canon Press.] BEHAVIORISM. See also Determinism. Behaviorism is an implication from materialism and as such is implicit in ancient Democritus...

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Atheism by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 48. Atheism (typed) [1973. In Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Carl F.H. Henry, ed. Washington D.C.: Canon Press.] ATHEISM. See also Skepticism; Theism. Atheism, etymologically, names a philosophic view that denies the existence of God. In the...

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Augustine by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 49. Augustine (typed) [1973. In Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Carl F.H. Henry, ed. Washington D.C.: Canon Press.] AUGUSTINE. Unlike most philosophers, Augustine (354-430) lays great stress on ethics. In this, though in nothing else, he is...

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Antithesis by Gordon H. Clark

Encyclopedia 47. Antithesis (typed) [1973. In Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Carl F.H. Henry, ed. Washington D.C.] ANTITHESIS. See also Irrationalism. Antithesis as a term in modern discussions almost always has an Hegelian background. For Hegel truth resided...

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