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This past weekend I was in Ohio at Kent State University for a graduate philosophy conference. I knew going in …
13 Tuesday Mar 2012
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13 Monday Feb 2012
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Carl Sagan, God, metaphysics, natural, science, supernatural, unnatural
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One fundamental question, and perhaps fundamental divide, between many who are secular or would like to see “the secular” take …
05 Thursday Jan 2012
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Reading Peter Geach’s 1973 Stanton Lecture ‘On The Virtues’ made me think about the claim Christian theists often make: that …
29 Tuesday Nov 2011
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http://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/podcast-episodes/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/elucidations/past-episodes/
06 Thursday Oct 2011
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inThe relativist plausibly says, “contradictory statements can be true.” The objectivist says, “contradictory statements cannot both be true.” Here, we have …
05 Wednesday Oct 2011
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inIn the modal system S5 the accessibility relation, R, which allows for the ability to determine truth-values in the system, …
22 Thursday Sep 2011
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audio, History, Kings College, lectures, Peter Adamson, philosophy
Philosopher Peter Adamson of Kings College is putting together a wonderful series of short lectures on the History of Philosophy. This is a truly remarkable series and is well worth taking the time to listen to. Here’s the link.
09 Tuesday Aug 2011
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actuality, Aquinas, Divine Energies, Divine Simplicity, essence, existence, Orthodox, Roman Catholic
The standard Catholic (Roman or Orthodox) understanding of the Divine Nature is that it is a simplicity. The standard complaint …
28 Thursday Jul 2011
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inI just finished for the first time G.K. Chesterton’s masterpieces Heretics and Orthodoxy. I am ashamed to say that it has taken …
21 Tuesday Jun 2011
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http://ancientfaith.com/podcasts/carlton/my_two_cents_on_capitalism I found the above link, from professor of philosophy Clark Carlton, to …