A hearty welcome to Biola Staff and Faculty! I would encourage you to check out a few posts that we have written here–some by myself, and some by the other members of Mere-O, all of whom are Biola alumn. For your ease and convenience, I’ve assembled a brief “greatest hits of the last 6 months” [...]
Archive for September, 2005
September 30, 2005
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Carter and Po-Mo
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Outside Articles of Interest, QuotationsThe always thoughtful Joe Carter has one of the best characterizations of post-modernism I’ve read on the web. It’s clear, concise, and right to the point. The money quote: “The postmodern worldview puts all ethical knowledge squarely within the realm of epistemology, and since all knowledge is individual, moral statements are simply matters of opinion.”
September 29, 2005
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Steven Wright quotation for the day
By Keith E. Buhler in Quotations“I wrote a song, but I can’t read music. Every time I hear a song on the radio, I think, ‘Hey, maybe I wrote that.’ “
September 29, 2005
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a brief reminder
By Keith E. Buhler in Life in general, Philosophy“There are too many know-nothings who believe that hot air and “philosophy” are the same. They’re not. Not all lengthy and obtuse passages of prose are deep fresh-water lakes full of life-giving insight. They could just be muddy.” -Andrew Bailey, Ratiocination Let us strive for writing that is clear, that at the same time does [...]
September 28, 2005
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Blogging Hiatus
By Matthew Lee Anderson in NewsIt’s everything I can do to keep my head above water these days. Grading, GodBlogCon, lectures and other fine activities have kept my sleep to a minimum, my activity constant and my time for reflection severely diminished. And now for a disconnected thought: I have learned in all of this that there is no one [...]
September 28, 2005
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In case you missed it….
By Matthew Lee Anderson in NewsGrace Hill Media has expanded their reach to the upper echelons of the blogosphere.
September 26, 2005
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Pre-empting the Critics
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Epistemology, PhilosophyJoe Carter is at it again. Though he claims he’s not going to post a while on the topic of naturalism, we all know he’ll be back. He always comes back. In a recent offering, he wrote: Knowledge – justified, true belief – cannot be produced by unreliable noetic equipment (brain, spinal cord, senses, etc.). [...]
September 25, 2005
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Epistemology 101
By Tex in Epistemology, PhilosophyEpistemology is a subject that has always intrigued me, and to be honest, has often left me more baffled than satisfied when all is said and done. The main thing that puzzles me is how to go about finding the right criteria for knowledge (this is a problem not only in epistemology, but in all [...]
September 25, 2005
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More on Pessimism and Optimism, please
By Tex in Happy & Sad, Life in general, PhilosophyKeith: In order to have a really good discussion, I think you are going to need to define pessimism and optimism. As you left it here, I think your starting points were too vague to generate a good conversation. That said, I’m going to take a stab at addressing one of the issues you raised: [...]
September 23, 2005
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Story of My Life
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Life in generalJust one more thing………. Just one more……… Just. And then I’ll go to bed. It’s 5:30 a.m. I’m not in college anymore. I have to work at 9:00 a.m. And yes, I just took 1.5 minutes to log in and type this post.
September 20, 2005
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Steven Wright quote for the day
By Keith E. Buhler in Quotations“I’m part of the Jehovah’s Witness Protection Program. They have to go door- to-door and tell everybody I’m somebody else.”
September 20, 2005
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How scientific is the myth?
By Keith E. Buhler in Philosophy, ScienceJim, if you’ll join me again, I am picking up the world-origins debate. I am reading through Briane Greene’s book The Fabric of the Cosmos, with great interest, I found the article you pointed me to quite encouraging. Here are a few highlights from that article, readers, with my questions/comments attached: “The initial matter-filled space [...]
September 18, 2005
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Conversation Moved
By Keith E. Buhler in NewsFor those of you interested, Jim, Eric and I’s discussion on the scientific status of the creation account has been moved to the archives, “08/01/05 – 08/31/05.”