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Multiperspectivalism
Multiperspectivalism (sometimes triperspectivalism) is an approach to knowledge advocated by Calvinist philosophers John Frame and Vern Poythress. Frame laid out the idea with respect to a general epistemology in his 1987 work ''The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God'', where he suggests that in every act of knowing, the knower is in constant contact with three things (or "perspectives") – the knowing subject himself, the object of knowledge, and the standard or criteria by which knowledge is attained. He argues that each perspective is interrelated to the others in such a fashion that, in knowing one of these, one actually knows the other two, also. Poythress developed the theme with respect to science in his 1976 book ''Philosophy, Science, and the Sovereignty of God'' and with respect to theology in his 1987 book ''Symphonic Theology''. Epistemology The normative perspective Frame suggests that in all acts undertaken by humans there is some standard that serves as a guid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Frame (theologian)
John M. Frame (born April 8, 1939) is a retired American Christian philosopher and Calvinist theologian especially noted for his work in epistemology and presuppositional apologetics, systematic theology, and ethics. He is one of the foremost interpreters and critics of the thought of Cornelius Van Til. Biography Frame was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and became a Christian at the age of 13 through the ministry of Beverly Heights Presbyterian Church, a congregation of the United Presbyterian Church of North America in Pittsburgh. He graduated from Princeton University, where he was involved in the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship (PEF) and Westerly Road Church. The PEF and Westerly Road had a profound impact on forming Frame's faith and theology. He says of their impact: I owe much to PEF ... Fullerton and PEF cared deeply about people, spending hours in mutual prayer, exhortation, counseling, gospel witness. I never experienced that depth of fellowship in any Reformed chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |