Category Archives: History of Philosophy

The Blackberry Files, vol. 1

Posted on December 22, 2008 by

[We've all been there. A thought strikes you at a moment, but it's fleeting fast. Get it down somewhere fast or you'll lose it. I grew so tired of this happening that I began making a point to stop whatever … Continue reading →

Posted in History of Philosophy, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Realism, Scientific Pragmatism, The Blackberry Files | 3 Comments

There’s Humor in Theology 22

Posted on July 13, 2007 by

David Hume relished each opportunity to ridicule the Christian faith according to his rationalistic presuppositions. I believe, indeed, that there is no tenet in all paganism which would give so fair a scope to ridicule as this of the real … Continue reading →

Posted in History of Philosophy, Philosophy, Theology, There's Humor in Theology | 3 Comments

To Will Is Human; to Understand It Is Divine

Posted on July 6, 2007 by

A lot of discussions on human will revolve primarily around the question of its freedom. Is the human will free? If so, what does it mean to be free? But there are more rudimentary questions that preclude any discussion of … Continue reading →

Posted in History of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Theology | 6 Comments

Tolstoy, Happiness and Objective Meaning

Posted on February 22, 2007 by

“Happy families are all alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” (Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, 1). If one isn’t careful the wealth of this opening line of Anna Karenina can easily be overlooked. This seems to be what … Continue reading →

Posted in History of Philosophy, Literature & Art, Musings, Philosophy | 9 Comments

Knowledge, Fake Barns, and Sherlock Holmes

Posted on July 3, 2006 by

It’s one of life’s little ironies that every person on earth possesses knowledge and makes claims to knowledge while the criteria of knowledge remain so difficult to identify. Analytic philosophy has offered many claims on what are the conditions for knowledge: the familiar … Continue reading →

Posted in Epistemology, History of Philosophy, Philosophy, Theology | 2 Comments