by Norman L., Geisler, Paul D., Feinberg
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Well-organized presentations of most of the significant philosophical positions make this book an excellent reference tool.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Solid philosophy from a solid Philosopher, 2008-12-17
This book serves, as the title suggests, as an introduction to philosophy from a Christian perspective. This a bit shorter and easier read than Craig and Moreland's "Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview" (not only shorter in length, but the pages are shorter as well). Sill, it's around 430 pages of epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, and other topics wholly relevant to Christians and philosophers alike. Each chapter is titled in the form of a question so you know what the authors plan to discuss and answer. The general format is a slight introduction to the question, many possible solutions with history and the "big names" scattered about, then responses, critiques, and complements of the views. The chapter will always point out (though sometimes at the end of the chapter) which view(s) a Christian should hold. Sometimes there is only one position a Christian may take, other times there are several that are compatible with orthodox Christianity. (see my review of Craig and Moreland's book for a diatribe on why Christians need to understand and be able to discuss philosophy)
To me. this book seems to be classic Geisler. In a very systematic way, he attempts to lay out the issues, give all sides as fair of a hearing as possible, and make the best case for what he sees as being the truth. Although I did learn a lot more and enjoyed Craig and Moreland's book more, this is still a solid book, especially if you're looking for a place to start.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Good and simply put. , 2008-01-04
I had to read this for a class and it was better than I thought it would be. Some parts it was hard to understand what they were talking about, so I had to re-read some sections to make sure that I understood.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Fair philosophical evaluation, 2007-12-31
My assumption is that most of the people reading this review are purchasing this book for a college/seminary level into to philosophy class. This book is certainly a textbook, but do not count it as non-useful outside of the classroom. If you are looking into the book to obtain an understanding of Philosophy this will definitely help. At the beginning of every chapter, a short overview of the chapter is defined, followed by how it will be outlined. This is nice since it allows the reader to see where the author is taking them before just jumping into the topic.
Each philosophical thought is explained and evaluated from an evangelical perspective. One of the major benefits of this textbook is its structure. If you were only interested in a topic such as "The problem of evil", you could easily jump to that section of the book, prior to reading the previous sections. The five major sections of the book are as follows..
1. Introduction to Philosophy
2. What is knowledge?
3. What is reality?
4. What is ultimate?
5. What is good or right?
If any of you are wondering, the authors do not present their personal perspective on predestination in this book. They present hard determinism, soft determinism, indeterminism and libertarianism with an explanation of each. They said that topic was "purposely omitted." If you would like something a little lighter / more of an introduction, I would recommend "The Consequences of Ideas" by RC Sproul. If this is a must read for school, you will find it is organized in an easy to learn fashion.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
 fair game, 2006-09-20
this book is basically a medium level intro to western philosophy from a conservative christian viewpoint. Philosophy is always done from some sort of bias to some degree or another, this is just human. Despite the obvious "christian slant" in this work, it is still pretty good to get your philosophical gears turning.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Very useful text 4.8/5, 2006-06-09
I liked this text a lot.
First, there are not so many Introductory Philosophy courses with Christian perspective on different issues. Geisler's text is very good. He's not just presents available options without giving you a clue what fits into Christian Scheme of thought, but he explains which philosophical concepts fit perfectly into Christian Worldview and why.
Second, it's pretty exhaustive volume. Even though it is introductory, still it covers a lot.
One negative thing is - format and layout. Whoever published this volume should make it prettier :D to read. Content is good but the outlook is quite like an antique... :D
Anyways, book is great. Buy it and read it. (as the matter of fact, anything by Geisler is good. Especially his Intro to Ethics and Christian Aplogetics)
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