Does Logic Presuppose Christianity? — Part 1: Introduction
In this series of posts, I will be discussing a very popular claim made by proponents of the Van Tillian school of covenantal apologetics - the claim that logic somehow presupposes Christian Theism. The claim is undeniably a very strong one. This claim about logic is meant to be a subset of similar claims and arguments in the Van Tillian transcendental programme. Simply put, Van Tillians propose a transcendental argument for Christian Theism, arguing that, taken as a unit, it uniquely provides the necessary preconditions for intelligible human experience and thought. The aforementioned claim about logic, then, is part of a family of arguments with the argument from logic being just one instance of such arguments. The immediate question that comes to mind is how one demonstrates or justifies this claim that logic presupposes Christianity. It has been claimed by many critics of the Van Tillian school that a proper argumentative support for this claim is never presented. It is unfortunate...