Reformed Rush
Puritan Board Freshman
If so, how so, and why so?
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Do you mean an infallible science?
Hello Gentlemen,
Here is my on the question. One needs to make a distinction between the laws of logic that are a reflection of God's thinking, and man's modeling of those laws. If one keeps this in mind, then the answer is rather easy...
(1) The laws of logic that are a reflection of God's thinking are absolute.
(2) The models of logic created by man to reflect God's thinking are fallible.
Brian
Hello Gentlemen,
Here is my on the question. One needs to make a distinction between the laws of logic that are a reflection of God's thinking, and man's modeling of those laws. If one keeps this in mind, then the answer is rather easy...
(1) The laws of logic that are a reflection of God's thinking are absolute.
(2) The models of logic created by man to reflect God's thinking are fallible.
Brian
Hello Jim,
Here is an example of one problem:
In Traditional Logic, it is considered valid to go from "All A is B" to "Some A is B". However, in Predicate Logic, it is invalid. Now, it is not that either of these logics are inconsistent (they are not), but rather their modeling is different even though they are trying to model the same thing. What this really signifies is that there is a point of disagreement in how those two statements are to be understood. As such, different logical models make different metaphysical assumptions - some of which are arbitrary or convenient. In the end, none of this is serious enough to cause real issues in terms of logical deduction. It just points out that our models are not perfect.
Brian
P.S. The issue I mentioned above is sometimes referred to by the Predicate Logic camp as the existential fallacy. The debate is interesting.
Do you mean an infallible science?
There is the fundamental logic in God's nature that reflects his commitment to truth. Logic is revealed to Man through Christ, the Logos.
Logicians try to find a closer approximation to the rules that reflect this. Whether they are believers or unbelievers all men have an innate knowledge of God and logic through the Logos.
It's probably wrong to say God is logic. God embodies and is the foundation for logic but can't be reduced to logic.
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world (John 1:9, KJV). Without the knowledge of the Logos and His light, and therefore logic, unbelievers would have no understanding whatsoever.
God cannot do what is morally wrong (deny His moral character) or do what is illogical (deny His commitment to truth), because these things would violate His nature. He cannot make a square circle.
God can \"violate\" His laws of science by doing miracles, because miracles are just God acting in an unusual way - from our perspective - for a morally and logically valid purpose. Appropriate miracles do not violate God's character. Logic and morality are absolutes in a way in which even the laws of science aren't.
Greg Bahnsen's debate with atheist Gordon Stein, which I believe is online somewhere, shows how direct appeal to the laws of logic can be used to defend Christian Theism.