DOUGLAS GROOTHUIS, PH.D.

By Dr. Douglas Groothuis An Opinionated Philosophical Dictionary Causation The world has a cause-and-effect structure. If it did not, we...

A Very Opinionated Philosophical Dictionary Antithesis A logically oppositional relationship between two concepts or propositions. A...

Invoking offense is taken to mean that person or group A has affronted person or group B because of an action or statement. That P is...

A benediction is a human or divine pronouncement of favor upon oneself, or another, or both. It may ring pedestrian, such as “Have a nice...

A creation is a particular kind of artefact brought about by an agent. Agency requires awareness, volition, and the ability to act. A...

A term referring to that which is opposed to that which is not–or, to non-being. However, it is not that simple for some philosophers,...

Perhaps only a philosopher would muse over becoming as a noun. Everyone uses it as a verb: I am becoming old. I am becoming angry. I am...

What is faith? The word, like many words that fall out of our mouths, is often misunderstood and misused. No little problems result from...

Alienation: Term used by Continental philosophers to refer to any system or situation that ticks them off. Hegel is likely at the...