Biblical logic in theory & practice
Subtitle: refuting the fallacies of humanism, Darwinism, atheism, and just plain stupidity
By: Joel McDurmon
Publisher: American Vision
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Powder Springs, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9781936577088
Subjects: Thought and thinking; Christianity; Reasoning; Critical thinking; Evidences, authority; Authority; Religious aspects; Bible
Other titles: Biblical logic in theory and practice
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part One: A biblical study of logic; title: Introduction: Five points of truth and fallacy; title: 1. The biblical mandate for logical thinking; title: 2. Theological foundations of logic; title: 3. The Ten Commandments and logic; title: 4. The Bible and critical thinking; title: 5. Sophistry, refutation, and fallacy; title: Part Two: Biblical logic applied; title: Fallacies of worldview: 6. "Leaky buckets": fallacies of worldview; title: Fallacies of representation; title: 7. "Too simple": Fallacies of oversimplification; title: False dilemma; title: Sweeping and hasty generalizations; title: Reductionism; title: 8. "Not clear": fallacies of ambiguity; title: Amphiboly; title: Equivocation; title: Hypostization/reification; title: Accent; title: 9. "Hidden presumptions": Fallacies of plain deceit; title: Begging the question; title: Epithet/euphemism; title: Complex ("trick") question; title: Double standard; title: The big "if"; title: 10. "Stretching the facts": fallacies of distortion; title: false analogy; title: Composition/division; title: Straw man; title: Increments/continuum; title: Fallacies of property: 11. "Breaking boundaries": fallacies of property; title: "Is" and "ought"; title: Category mistakes; title: Fallacies of relevance: 12. "Doesn't matter": fallacies of dogmatism; title: Appeal to authority; title: Appeal to ignorance; title: Argument from silence; title: 13. "No swat": fallacies of emotion; title: Appeal to force/fear; title: Appeal to pity; title: Peer pressure/mob; title: Poisoning the well; title: 14. "Wrong road': fallacies of diversion; title: Ad hominem; title: Red-herring; title: Fallacies of time: 15. "Out of touch": fallacies of time; title: Fallacies of cause; title: Gambler's fallacy; title: Slippery slope; title: 16. "Ancients vs. moderns": fallacies of the age; title: Appeal to progress; title: Appeal to antiquity; title: Appendix: Augustine and Calvin vs. rationalism; title: Subject & person index.