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Scientism and the Death of Wisdom

Many thanks to Joe Carter at Evangelical Outpost for hosting the symposium. Ethics in our ostensibly pluralistic society have become increasingly dominated by a single voice: science. In the 2004

Andrew SelbyPhilosophyScience

More fun at naturalism.org...

Check out the "Naturalism and Spirituality" page. The first line strikes me as a bit funny and ironic: Although naturalism may at first seem an unlikely basis for

Matthew Lee AndersonPro-LifePhilosophy

More Moloch...

New Mere O friend John Schroeder of Blogotional is worried that I'm spending too much time in the ivory tower. Apparently, he thinks that I've spent

Matthew Lee AndersonPro-LifePhilosophy

Moloch will eat his children.....

Check out this provocative piece from Meghan Cox Gurdon in NRO, in which she draws a parallel between cannabilism and stem cell research. It's written in the style

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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

Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophy

The problem with "Problem" - Part I

Why do we refer to things as "problems"? You may say I'm picky, but I think word choice is the most important thing... Plus the name

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Popper

When perusing comments over at Pandas Thumb, I came across a link to this list of the top 100 non-fiction books of the 20th century from National Review. Check

Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophy

What is to be done with this tragedy?

The situation in the East is overwhelming. I hope that I am not the only one experiencing some resistance at facing the truth, hearing what has happened, seeing the images.

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Plato III

It's unbelievable how pregnant my soul is with thought. Yes, that's a very Platonic thing to say, but I've just spent 15 hours reading

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Plato II

Tonight's major revelation: I am not a Platonist. Fundamentally, I think Good is not "beyond" Being. I do not see how this can be coherent. Details

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Plato I

It's been a long, fascinating evening of Being, Becoming and 30 amazing people. The Republic meta-thon turned in to a Timaeus/Republic metathon. You can read the