Foundationalism. How Did We Get To Where We Are? Part 2

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Some philosophers, like John Locke, took issue with specific aspects of Descartes’ proposal. Locke rejected Descartes’ view that our basic beliefs consist in innate ideas from which we deduce other beliefs. He argued that the foundation of human knowledge lies in sense experiences that are observations from the world. His system is known as empiricism, which is the view that experience, especially of the senses, is the only source of knowledge. However, most thinkers, despite some disagreements of other particulars readily adopted Descartes’ desire to establish some type of sure foundation for human knowing.[ref]Stanley J. Grenz and John R. Franke. Beyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context. 32.[/ref]

Brueggemann suggests that the outcomes of the work of Descartes are threefold:

  • There was a new model of knowledge grounded in objectivity, and capable of providing a new epistemological security to replace that which was lost in the dissolution of the Medieval worldview.
  • There was a new model of knowledge grounded in objectivity, and capable of providing a new epistemological security to replace that which was lost in the dissolution of the Medieval worldview.
  • A “Cartesian masculinization of thought and the flight from the feminine.” [ref]Walter Brueggemann. Texts Under Negotiation: The Bible and Postmodern Imagination. 32.[/ref]
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Jesus Followers

 

There are many synonyms to use for the word believer, which is the most common word for a person who has "converted" to follow Jesus. I have chosen "Jesus follower(s) or follower(s) of Jesus instead of the word believer in these presentations to allow the reader an opportunity to move away from the idea of believer which conjures up the possible thought of "ascent" to a set of doctrines that have been assembled by different groups over the centuries and show up in this day and age as a set of statements posted on web sites and other written material. These sets of beliefs are suggested by many as the ones that one should ascent to so that upon death the one who assents can go to heaven, i.e., just believe and you are good to go. Jesus followers/followers of Jesus suggest an action that one should take. Remember, Jesus told his disciples to follow him. Yes, belief is important, but one must move beyond belief to action.

 

(See "Discipleship" Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. 182-188.)