Psychologists Shouldn’t Ignore the Soul
Percy, I’d imagine, would have found much resonance in this article. David H. RosmarinGodPsychologyReligion & SpiritualitySigmund FreudsoulWalker Percy
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Wittgenstein on Religious Belief
LW’s Lectures on Religious Belief online. Here is a nice discussion entitled ‘Philosophy to the glory of God’. Wittgenstein on God, religion and theology. Speaking of religion David Stern discusses the rather vexed question of Was Wittgenstein a Jew? Worth also checking out these videos. A. J. AyerBernard Williamsdavid sternepistemology of religious beliefGenia SchönbaumsfeldGodJewish IdentityJoost HengstmengelLudwig WittgensteinReligiontheology
Soul Love
Though not particularly obvious “Soul Love” is to my mind the deepest song (and he’s had more than most) by Bowie (then aged 25) and by extension one of the most evocative of rock songs. It plays a pivotal role in the running order of arguably one of the greatest rock albums made and, of course, part…
The God Delusion Debate (Dawkins-Lennox)
Here’s a follow-up to the last post, this featuring a debate between Dawkins and Lennox. dawkinsGodgod delusionlennoxphilosophy of religionrationalismReligionscience and religion
Sleep’s borderlands
Anthropologist Tanya Marie Luhrmann in the NYT. anthropologydreamsGodReligionsleepT. M. Luhrmann
Science and Religion: Where the Conflict Really Lies
An argument presented by Alvin Plantinga yesterday at UBC. I’ll argue (1) that contemporary evolutionary theory is not incompatible with theistic belief, (2) that the main antitheistic arguments involving evolution together with other premises also fail, and (3) that naturalism, the thought that there is no such thing as the God of theistic religion or…
Philosophy is “dead” editorial
From The Guardian – here as well. Analytic philosophyAnglo-SaxonGodNewtonPhilosophyPhilosophy of scienceStephen HawkingUniverse
Culture wars revisited
Michael Lynch and Alan Sokal enagage in a most civil dialogue: Defending Science: An Exchange. Readers might also be interested in Susan Haack’s Defending Science-Within Reason: Between Scientism and Cynicism and James Robert Brown’s Who Rules in Science?: An Opinionated Guide to the Wars – two cracking reads – and both past contributors to EPISTEME. Alan SokalChristian fundamentalismChristianityDavid HumeEpistemologyGodMICHAEL LYNCHReason
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