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**课程名称：西方宗教哲学导论** **课程概述：** 本课程将深入探讨西方宗教哲学这一引人入胜的领域，重点关注亚伯拉罕宗教（犹太教、基督教、伊斯兰教）中的上帝概念。课程将从哲学视角出发，分析上帝定义的内在张力与潜在矛盾，特别是“恶的难题”——即全知、全能、全善的上帝如何允许邪恶存在于世。 课程还将详细介绍支持上帝存在的三个经典论证：本体论论证、目的论论证和宇宙论论证，并剖析这些论证存在的局限性。此外，课程还会探讨宗教语言的哲学意义，分析其是陈述世界事实，还是仅仅表达一种世界观，并评判宗教语言的有效性。 **课程面向对象：** 本课程适合所有对宗教哲学感兴趣的学习者，即使此前没有哲学基础。尤其适合希望了解亚伯拉罕宗教中上帝概念的定义、存在的论证，以及对宗教语言哲学进行深入思考的学习者。对于A Level哲学备考学生，本课程涵盖了AQA 7172 A Level哲学教学大纲中“上帝的形而上学”模块的内容。 **课程内容结构：** 1. **上帝的本质与定义：** 探讨亚伯拉罕宗教赋予上帝的各类属性，分析这些属性定义的连贯性与一致性，并重点关注“恶的难题”。 2. **上帝存在的经典论证：** 详细讲解本体论、目的论和宇宙论论证（以及它们的变体），如帕利的“钟表匠论证”和阿奎那的“不动的推动者”，并讨论这些论证的批判性观点。 3. **宗教语言的哲学分析：** 探究宗教语言是描述事实性主张，还是表达价值观和情感的隐喻，并讨论其认识论上的检验方法，如“末世论证实的原则”和“归纳法问题”。 **教学方式：** 课程采用互动的教学模式，包含贯穿始终的练习活动和各章节后的选择题测验。主要通过配有图像的配音幻灯片进行授课，以辅助理解和记忆。每段视频都提供文字稿，方便学习者跟随和学习专业术语。此外，提供额外资源和讨论区，鼓励学习者深入探索和交流。
What will you learn?How the God of the Abrahamic faiths is defined and possible tensions or contradictions in that definition, including the problem of evil.The three classical arguments for the existence of God: the ontological, teleological and cosmological, and some problems with these.The level of meaning on which religious language might be said to operate as either making claims about the world or as simply expressing a worldview and how religious language should be evaluated.Who is this course for?This course gives an introduction to the Philosophy of (Western) Religion and can be studied by those who have never studied Philosophy before. It focuses on the God of the Abrahamic religions - that is the God of Christianity, Judaism and Islam - how he might be defined and how his existence might be argued for. It does not cover any Eastern religions. It will appeal to those who are simply interested in the topic; those teaching the topic who want fresh ideas on how to explain the Philosophy of Religion, or those wanting to take an A level qualification in Philosophy.What does the course cover?Theology looks at debates within a religion, often assessing the meaning of particular passages in religious texts; the inclusion or disqualification of certain documents from the main text, and discussing the doctrine advanced by leading clergy. Philosophy of Religion, by contrast asks broader questions which sit outside these concerns, such as the way God might be defined, whether religious language has a special status or operates on the same level as everyday language, and what arguments might be made for and against God's existence.This course is structured so these questions are posed and answered in the most logical order. It begins by discussing the nature of the God, outlining the various qualities God is said to have by the Abrahamic religions, without getting into any theological debates such as the existence of the trinity. After outlining those qualities it discusses whether God's definition is coherent and whether it is consistent with the state of the world. The problem of evil for instance, is given particular attention. This is the issue of how it is possible for a wholly benevolent, all-knowing and all-powerful God to allow evil to exist in the world. The next section covers the three classical arguments for the existence of God. These are the ontological, the teleological and the cosmological. A few variations of each as well as criticisms of them are discussed, including Paley's famous divine watchmaker argument and St Aquinas' assertion that God is the unmoved mover who set the events of the universe in train. The last section of the course looks at the debates of Philosophy of Religion from another angle, asking whether religious language ought to be be taken as expressing factual claims about the world or as metaphorical and so simply expressing values and emotions. The course explores the views of those who believe that religious statements should be treated in the same way as scientific claims and of those who assert religious language operates on a different level of meaning. It also probes the limits of our knowledge, exploring the eschatological verification principle and the problem of induction. The course is structured to be interactive, with activities spread throughout and a multiple choice quiz after each section. Information is delivered mainly through narrated slideshows. Each slide includes images that have been paired with the ideas and concepts discussed to help make the material easier to understand and remember. There is also a transcript of each video to help you follow the material and know how to spell new terms. If any topic particularly takes your interest then you can access the additional resources section of each lecture, which will enable you to explore further. There is also a discussion group where you can discuss the ideas and concepts you will be studying.The syllabus covered in this course is that listed in the AQA's 7172 A Level Philosophy syllabus for the 'Metaphysics of God' module. Further information on how this qualification is structured and assessed are attached to the introductory lecture. I have covered material from the 'Metaphysics of Mind' module in my Udemy course 'Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind'. The A Level's 2 other modules are covered in my courses Introduction to Epistemology (Philosophy of Knowledge) and Introduction to Moral Philosophy.
