[coberst]

Theology and Philosophy: Twin Handmaidens

The overt effort of theology is to accentuate the misconceived mind/body dichotomy while the covert effort of philosophy is to accentuate this same mind/body dichotomy.

Theology does this legitimately because it believes that humans are both body and soul. The body is what we must put-up-with for our short stay on earth while the soul will last through eternity in an environment determined by our brief stay on earth.

I claim that philosophy does this illegitimately because it vainly wishes to be respected in the manner like mathematics or physics. Philosophy wants to use word symbols to describe truth in much the same way as math uses their particular symbols of equality, greater than, minus, plus, differential, exponential, etc.

Theology and philosophy are twin handmaidens of the human urge to separate itself as much as possible from its animal heritage and to move closer toward being god-like.

It appears to me that analytic philosophy is being challenged by SGCS (Second Generation Cognitive Science) “Philosophy in the Flesh” 1999, by Lakoff and Johnson ; by meaning philosophy “The Meaning of the Body” 2007, by Johnson; by visual art “Art and Visual Perception” 1954, by Arnheim.

How about them apples?

[Buffy]

To clarify on a specific usage though, around here, Theology is the comparative, historical, and anthropological study of Philosophical beliefs...

Strawberry or Pistachio,
Buffy