A CHRISTIAN
INTRODUCTION
TO SEVEN
FUNDAMENTAL
QUESTIONS
JOHN M. FRAME
We Are All Philosophers: A Christian Introduction to Seven Fundamental Questions
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Appendix: Letters on Philosophical Topics
After I wrote History of Western Philosophy and Theology, it occurred to me that perhaps I could write another book on philosophy that would be a bit less burdensome to the average reader. That book would be organized topically, rather than historically, and it would be a lot shorter and simpler. It would be more suitable for beginning philosophy students (college and seminary level, even some high school), and it would help them to see more clearly the practicality of the questions philosophers ask. Really, what we call “philosophical questions” are questions that we all ask, in one way or another. This book would help readers from all backgrounds to think through those questions with some clarity and depth.
In previous books1 I have emphasized the point that one should not attempt to do philosophy without biblical presuppositions. I still maintain that view, and this book will in that sense be a Christian book. I do not believe that philosophy can or should be religiously neutral. But in this book, that principle will be shown more than said, at least until the end. This is not primarily a book about apologetic methodology, and I will not be addressing professional apologists as I have done in the past. But I think the book’s argument will show that repressing the truth about God leads to intellectual chaos.
So my desired audience in this book is everybody. Philosophical questions are questions that we all ask, and hence the title: we are all philosophers.
I am dedicating the book to a brilliant young man named Colin, who from childhood has asked philosophical questions. When his homeschooling family moved to Orlando, Colin’s father told him that he could meet a professor at Reformed Theological Seminary named Dr. Frame who could address his questions. The first question Colin asked me was, “What is the basic composition of the universe?” I tried to answer ...
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About We Are All Philosophers: A Christian Introduction to Seven Fundamental QuestionsEveryone is a philosopher, and how we live reveals what we most deeply believe. If you and God were asked the same question, would you both respond in the same way? Are Christians right to believe what we do? In We Are All Philosophers, John M. Frame takes seven major questions of philosophy and compares the Bible’s answers with common philosophical ones: • What is everything made of? • Do I have free will? • Can I know the world? • Does God exist? • How shall I live? • What are my rights? • How can I be saved? We Are All Philosophers carries all the marks of John Frame’s books: he appeals to Scripture frequently and carefully. He writes elegantly and simply, a byproduct of having mastered the complicated philosophical topics he surveys. |
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