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Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophyEpistemology

Pre-empting the Critics

Joe 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

TexPhilosophyEpistemology

Epistemology 101

Epistemology 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

TexEpistemology

The Hideous Trap of Existence

Existence is an unqualified good; it is good in and of itself. Or so goes the story and intuition of many people. After all, what is the alternative? Non-existence. And how could anyone say that not-existing is better than existing? […]

Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophyEpistemology

The possibility of non-empirical ways of knowing

The contemporary scholarly climate is, I hear, one of scientism and naturalism. Thinking peoples do not currently believe that there is any way to know anything but by means of

Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophyEpistemology

Back to Work

After a full weekend of cleaning, moving, and unpacking, I am officially moved in to the new apartment. It doesn't have internet access right now and won'

Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and PracticeEpistemology

More "hot ice and wondrous strange snow"

From another term paper: "Not only is the Christian God indescribable and magnificent, the description of God is interesting as well" (emphasis mine). That (rather unwittingly, I am

Andrew SelbyEducationPhilosophyEpistemology

More on Education...

For me, education is the most tantalizing subject, so I have to jump in. If you haven't read Matt's last post entitled, "King for a

Matthew Lee AndersonEducationEpistemology

King for a Day

Mark at Pseudo-Polymath is dreaming about what he would do if he were king. His first item of business? Education. An excerpt: However beyond that (with one exception below) the only thing We would require of our primary education system […]

TexScienceEpistemology

(Inevitably) The Center for Naturalism strikes me as laughable

Thanks to William Dembski's link, I began reading through the official website for the Center for Naturalism and found myself laughing hysterically. It really couldn't be

TexPhilosophyEpistemology

Moral Relativism and the Air Force

One week ago I returned from a six week training school in Montgomery, AL. The program, Air and Space Basic Course (ASBC), is the first step in Air Force mandated

Andrew SelbyPhilosophyEpistemology

Being skeptical or suitably critical and E.T.

Circular asked me what defines skeptical in response to a comment I made to his post on E.T. Your question is a very deep and important one. The line

Andrew SelbyMeaning and HermeneuticsLiteratureEpistemology

Literary Criticism and Epistemology

For some time I have been bothered by the phenomenon of 20th C. literary criticism of all varieties: Marxist, feminist, post-colonial and the other smatterings. It just rubs me