Travis Dickinson
Travis Dickinson (PhD, University of Iowa) is professor of philosophy at Dallas Baptist University.
View Author's PageIn Logic and the Way of Jesus, philosophy professor Travis Dickinson recaptures the need for a Christian view of reality, highlighting the use of reason and evidence to develop and defend Christian beliefs. He demonstrates how Jesus employed logic in his teachings, surveys the basic concepts of logic, and marries those concepts with practical application. While Dickinson contends that Christians have failed to engage the culture deeply because they have failed to emphasize and value a Christian intellect, he offers encouragement that embracing the life of the Christian mind can impact the world for the cause and kingdom of Christ.
Foreword by Paul Copan
1 The Intellectual Pursuit of God
2 Jesus the Logician
3 Critical Thinking and Worldview
4 The Argument from Reason
5 Logic: The Basics of Critical Thinking
6 Deductive Standards of Logic
7 Truth Tables
8 Categorical Logic
9 Nondeductive Standards of Logic
10 Science and Inference to the Best Explanation
11 Evidence
12 Fallacies
13 Intellectual Virtues and the Art of Persuasion
14 Conclusion: Thinking Christianly
Appendix: Practice Problems
In Logic and the Way of Jesus, philosophy professor Travis Dickinson recaptures the need for a Christian view of reality, highlighting the use of reason and evidence to develop and defend Christian beliefs. He demonstrates how Jesus employed logic in his teachings, surveys the basic concepts of logic, and marries those concepts with practical application. While Dickinson contends that Christians have failed to engage the culture deeply because they have failed to emphasize and value a Christian intellect, he offers encouragement that embracing the life of the Christian mind can impact the world for the cause and kingdom of Christ.
Foreword by Paul Copan
1 The Intellectual Pursuit of God
2 Jesus the Logician
3 Critical Thinking and Worldview
4 The Argument from Reason
5 Logic: The Basics of Critical Thinking
6 Deductive Standards of Logic
7 Truth Tables
8 Categorical Logic
9 Nondeductive Standards of Logic
10 Science and Inference to the Best Explanation
11 Evidence
12 Fallacies
13 Intellectual Virtues and the Art of Persuasion
14 Conclusion: Thinking Christianly
Appendix: Practice Problems