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The Word of Flux

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Rousas John Rushdoony delivers one of his most important and exceptional works (he wrote dozens of books) in "The Word of Flux: Modern Man and the Problem of Knowledge." Contemporary men, and all who lack an immutable epistemic foundation, have a problem with accounting for knowledge. Many even assert that there is no knowledge (that stipulation is self-refuting since it is a knowledge claim). Nevertheless the modern man avoids at all costs the only possible source of knowledge: God. Considering that the world is in constant flux (as are the brains of men), it lacks the ontic capacity to account for immutable universals. The immutable God with universal reach and knowledge singularly can furnish this necessary ground for knowledge.

Therefore man cannot be the ultimate and absolute ground for knowledge but must look outside himself to God who underlies the universals and immutables. Rushdoony makes a convincing case that Christian Theism alone can solve man's epistemic dilemmas.

This is a great resource to confront the autonomous worldview at its rational pre-commitment level forasmuch as the author undercuts modern man's flimsy and changing epistemic base.

This volume discusses difficult philosophical notions, but is written at a popular level.
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I had been searching for Epistemology books I read a very positive review for this book somewhere else. The contents of this book are heavy and one must take the time to understand the concepts. The effort will be commensurate to the reward, and the reward is vitality.

The book is about Epistemology through the root of Christian Apologetic's I believe. But don't let this turn you away. So many people nowadays cringe when they here words of religion, like they are superman and the word is kryptonite.

In the first chapter I was thrown into the concept of Solipsism and the Rabbit Hole kept getting deeper and deeper.

It's a heavy book and it's not about getting through it, but rather grasping it. He also talks about the core beliefs of the great philosophers and existential minds of our times.

Another and similar book at introducing Epistemology is William Barret's "Death of the Soul" and a lot easier to digest.

Good luck,