Category Archives: Philosophy

Concept Clarification Template

Actual Concept Clarification Template from Chauncey’s Course Outline – 1983 Continue reading

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Concept Clarification Example: Wisdom

Concept Formulation/Clarification/Definition Chauncey C. Riddle, 1983 Class handout Example: Wisdom Click to see blank template Symbols: (Symbols associated with concept in its variant forms.) wise, wisdom Base: (language/culture/time frame of inquiry) Gospel/scriptural Etymology: AS, wis=discerning + dom=judgment Dictionary definition: Webster’s … Continue reading

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A Model of the Conversion Process

The purpose of this work is to construct a model of the religious conversion of human beings in a frame of thought which arises from the scriptures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is intended that this model should be sufficiently detailed that it will provide many practical hypotheses which are susceptible of empirical validation or refutation. Continue reading

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Last Lecture

July 15, 1970 Dr. Chauncey C. Riddle Chauncey C. Riddle, professor of philosophy at BYU, currently serves as dean of the Brigham Young University Graduate School. Dr. Riddle joined the BYU faculty in 1953. previous to his appointment as dean, … Continue reading

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Stewardship: The Establishment of Zion

Chauncey C. RiddleCampus Education Week Lectures12 June 1968 Note: This is the version that Chauncey Riddle handed out in his BYU class. The basis of establishing Zion is the perfecting of the souls of individuals. As individuals accept the gospel … Continue reading

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