Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Etc.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 8th, 2008
Below the fold, you’ll find the text of my address for Mt. Sophia Academy’s commencement ceremonies.
If you were there, you may notice that some of the jokes are missing. Sorry. One sometimes does a little ad lib-ing (libbing) when one actually delivers a speech . . . . (And then, sometimes, one has things one [...]
Posted in Christianity, religion on Apr 24th, 2008
Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense (HarperSanFransisco, 2006)
by N.T. Wright
I checked this book out from our local library after a concept which it (implicitly) employs (”thin places“) was used by our Associate Pastor in last Sunday’s sermon. It is, you might say, Mere Christianity for people who know the Emergents are onto something, but think [...]
Posted in Aesthetics, Art, Ethics, Literature, Philosophy on Nov 26th, 2007
A Short Intro
[ Kant's Definition | Ezra Pound's | C.S. Lewis's | Husserl/Levinas/James & Mona Lisa ]
I really don’t like definitions that reduce one thing to another (or a collection of other things). Except when I do. But usually I don’t.
For example: “What are humans?” “Animals with big brains.” “What is love?” “A chemical reaction [...]
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy, politics on Nov 13th, 2007
In the spirit of Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian, and CS Lewis’ Why I Am Not a Pacifist, I have another installment in my series on self-contradiction (e.g., here, here, and here) and what government is (e.g., here, here, and here):
“What should government do?” means the same as:
“What should be accomplished by [...]
WEeding Awards
