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Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophy

Pessimism and optimism

Nickel Creek's new album is a haunting and bitter portrait of a cynical twenty-something man experiencing "aporia," that is, a sort of paralyzing disillusionment, with

Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophy

More limitations of strict empiricism.

"The problem of scientific research cannot be understood on the basis of scientific enquiry." -Nietzsche, An attempt at self-criticism (1886) later preface to Birth of Tragedy

Andrew SelbyPhilosophy

Letter to a Liberal Friend Explaining the Christian Position on Gay Marriage (as best I could)

I wrote the below to a friend of mine who identifies himself strongly as a leftists. He had originally asked me why I couldn't be sensible about gay

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 AndersonPhilosophy

On Why ID Matters

Reading my brother's latest comment, I realized why ID matters for our broader worldviews. The Discovery Center's website (the Discovery Center is the hub of ID

Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophy

Natural Law and Sexual Ethics

Way back on May 22nd, my brother posed this dilemma for natural law advocates: If anything would be unnatural and contradictory to the function of sex, it would be castration,

Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophyScience

Evolutionary Theory Confusions

My brother recently accused Mere-O of attempting to increase traffic by referencing "scantily clad women" (twice). I'm not sure anyone looking for said women would

Andrew SelbyPoliticsPhilosophyEvangelicalism

James Smith on Calvin Profs' Protest of Bush

The mentor of one of my friends from Oxford, one of the leaders of the so-called "Radical Orthodoxy" group, is a professor at Calvin, who, despite his

Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophy

Evangelical Hat Tips

I got home today and discovered Joe Carter clipped my restatement of his post. Thanks for the link, and welcome Evangelical Outpost readers. In the same post, Carter writes: Personally,

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'

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 AndersonPhilosophy

Fun Reading on the New Pope

First, read Andrew Sullivan's responses to the announcement of the new pope, here and here and here. Then read Bainbridge's response here. He politely says what