On the Philosophical Bases of Theological Truths

Dariusz ŁUKASIEWICZ

Zakład Logiki i Ontologii, Instytut Filozofii, Wydział Administracji i Nauk Społecznych, Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego, ul. Ogińskiego 16, 85-092 Bydgoszcz, Poland , Poland

Abstract

The article is an attempt to describe relations obtaining between philosophy and the revelation rooted in Christianity. There are two basic models of the mutual relation between philosophy and revelation. The first one is the Augustinian model, which claims the primacy of Christian Revelation over philosophy, and the other is the Thomist model, which claims that there is mutual independence of philosophy and revelation. The main thesis of the paper is that neither of the two models is, for various reasons, sufficiently convincing. An analysis of four contemporary types of Christian theism, i.e. classical theism, Molinism, open theism, and probabilistic theism, provides the context of the considerations regarding mutual relations between philosophy and religion.

Keywords:

God, philosophy, theology, revelation, theism