Technologism and the Problem of Limits, Redux

May 3rd, 2009 | 1 min read

Continuing from our previous thoughts: the question of technology and our modern understanding of it is a question of whether the pursuit of scientific reasoning is to be bounded by any limits in nature. And, of course, whether generalizations about the distinctions between ancient and modern are accurate or helpful.

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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