Lewis's trilemma is an apologetic argument traditionally used to argue for the divinity of Jesus by postulating that the only alternatives were that he...
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In epistemology, the Münchhausen trilemma is a thought experiment intended to demonstrate the theoretical impossibility of proving any truth, even in the...
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did not intend to. Although this argument is sometimes called "Lewis's trilemma", Lewis did not invent it but rather developed and popularized it. It has...
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A trilemma is a difficult choice from three options, each of which is (or appears) unacceptable or unfavourable. There are two logically equivalent ways...
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Convert: C. S. Lewis's Journey to Faith. InterVarsity, 2002. ISBN 0-8308-3271-8 David C. Downing, Planets in Peril: A Critical Study of C. S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy...
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"Lunatic, Liar, or Lord", a common summary of Lewis's trilemma, a theological argument from C. S. Lewis Low-level programming language, such as machine...
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Mere Christianity (category Books by C. S. Lewis)
primarily directed to Lewis's humorous, straightforward style of writing; the criticism was primarily around the validity of his trilemma, which defends the...
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Douglas Gresham (section C. S. Lewis)
Boy is dedicated to them both.) At Lewis's death in 1963, his estate went to his brother Major Warren Hamilton Lewis. The Major in turn passed the estate...
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served as his brother's secretary for the later years of C. S. Lewis's life. C. S. Lewis referred to his older brother Warren ("Warnie") as "my dearest...
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between Ransom and Weston in Perelandra is found in Lewis's book Miracles. Links between Lewis's Space Trilogy and his other writings are discussed at...
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might frighten children. Lewis's publisher, Geoffrey Bles, feared that the Narnia tales would not sell, and might damage Lewis's reputation and affect sales...
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Freud's Last Session (category Cultural depictions of C. S. Lewis)
as Lewis' post traumatic stress disorder as a World War I combat veteran, J. R. R. Tolkien and the Inklings, and the nature of Freud's and Lewis' relationships...
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Inklings (category C. S. Lewis)
Fox Robert Havard (Lewis's and Tolkien's doctor, dubbed "Useless Quack" by Warren Lewis) C. S. Lewis Warren Lewis (C. S. Lewis's elder brother) J. R...
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The Last Battle is a portal fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by The Bodley Head in 1956. It was the seventh and final novel in The...
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Joy Davidman (redirect from Joy Lewis)
influences of Lewis's style of apologetics. After several lunch meetings and walks accompanying Lewis and Davidman, Lewis's brother, Warren Lewis, wrote in...
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Tortured Planet in an abridged format) is a 1945 novel by C. S. Lewis, the final book in Lewis's theological science fiction Space Trilogy. The events of this...
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False dilemma (redirect from False trilemma)
{\displaystyle P\lor Q} ) is responsible for the fallacious inference. Lewis's trilemma is a famous example of this type of argument involving three disjuncts:...
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The Four Loves (category Books by C. S. Lewis)
what it is not. A fictional treatment of these loves is the main theme of Lewis's novel Till We Have Faces. Storge (storgē, Greek: στοργή) is liking someone...
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Spirits in Bondage (category Poetry by C. S. Lewis)
Lyrics (1919) was C. S. Lewis's first published work (originally published under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton, which is Lewis' first name followed by...
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The Chronicles of Narnia (section Lewis's life)
make the case for the internal chronological order, Lewis's stepson, Douglas Gresham, quoted Lewis's 1957 reply to a letter from an American fan who was...
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Miracles (book) (redirect from Miracles (C. S. Lewis))
Lewis's Dangerous Idea, Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2003. ISBN 0-8308-2732-3 A Response to Richard Carrier's Review of C.S. Lewis's Dangerous...
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The World's Last Night and Other Essays (category Books by C. S. Lewis)
in the Christian Herald and entitled “Will We Lose God in Outer Space,” Lewis's essay on the subject was first published in 1958 and later became titled...
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The Screwtape Letters (category Books by C. S. Lewis)
Proposes a Toast" by C.S Lewis a critique of American education?". Retrieved 23 February 2023. Hein, David (2007). "A Note on C. S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters"...
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S. Lewis and His Favorite Book, Winged Lion Press, 2022. ISBN 978-1935688297 Downing, David C., Planets in Peril: A Critical Study of C. S. Lewis's Ransom...
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The Horse and His Boy is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1954. Of the seven novels that comprise The Chronicles...
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A Grief Observed (category Books by C. S. Lewis)
A Grief Observed is a collection of C. S. Lewis's reflections on his experience of bereavement following the death of his wife, Joy Davidman, in 1960...
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The Great Divorce (category Novels by C. S. Lewis)
form. Lewis's diverse sources for this work include the works of St. Augustine, Dante Aligheri, John Milton, John Bunyan, Emanuel Swedenborg and Lewis Carroll...
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differs in some ways from Lewis's usual style, and the writing is not of a similar calibre to his other work. Also in August 1963 Lewis had given instructions...
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The Kilns (redirect from C. S. Lewis House)
mother of Lewis's university friend Paddy Moore, who had been killed in the First World War. The house is located in what is now called Lewis Close, south...
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C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1951. It was the second published of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956), and Lewis had finished...
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