“ … all human reason is imaginative.” – Andrew Davison In the apocryphal book of 1 Esdras 3-4, the author says that three bodyguards who guarded King Darius wanted to know: what is the strongest (or the most powerful)? If Plato had answered this question, he would have included the arts in his answer, especially … Continue reading »
In Part I of this series I offered a brief outline of our common sense notions about free will. On the face of it, it seems that: Free will entails the power to choose from multiple alternatives Free will is required for moral responsibility Free will is intimately connected with reason However, when I say … Continue reading »
When you think of free will, very often what comes to mind are examples of your choosing between say, sweet tea or a pepsi product. Perhaps you reflect on the fact that you freely chose to be an account manager instead of a computer repair technician. Various examples may be given, but implicitly these examples … Continue reading »
Over the last few centuries, there has been a steady but growing consensus amongst intellectuals that religion and science are simply incompatible with one another. This incompatibility is often interpreted as being built into the very natures of both systems. In other words, it is thought that the various predicates of religion are intrinsically opposed … Continue reading »
Odds are you’ve probably heard someone use the term “catfishing” recently. For those of you still wondering how it’s possible for someone to catch fish with a computer, let me provide a working definition. Catfishing: The act of luring someone into an online relationship by fabricating your true identity. This is usually done through social … Continue reading »
Humanity loves a good binary. Right/wrong, Democrat/Republican, liberal/conservative, Jew/Gentile… the list could go on infinitely. These (false) binaries help to give us a story that we tell ourselves to make us feel in control, to feel like we have the answer. The problem is, the binaries that we create often don’t tell the whole story, … Continue reading »
Recently I read a comment on Facebook asking, “Why doesn’t anyone quote textbooks on Ontology anymore?” (That guy needs to be apart of our blog.) This seemed like an odd question to me. Isn’t the answer obvious? No one quotes textbooks on Ontology anymore because no one reads textbooks on Ontology anymore. Allow me to … Continue reading »
