Everyone Starts With Assumptions Before They Reason

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Assumptions Before They Reason

I am big brain. I start with reason. Well except that everyone starts with assumptions they make before they engage in reason. What allows one to believe in abstracts of reason? Are they physical or are they just human relations in our mind? Or are they objective standards ground in a Mind?

Today’s short clip comes from episode 185 which can be found here.

Books mentioned in this episode:

Against All Opposition: Defending the Christian Worldview by Greg Bahnsen – Get The Book(s) – Order At American Vision

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A good introduction on what presuppositionalism is and why it’s important for Christians to talk to others about what assumptions they bring to the table can be found here. We break down the hard concepts that might be intimidating. Even saying presuppositionalism seems difficult.

All episodes of Against All Oppositions can be found here.

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