May
18
Evolution, Philosophy, and All That Jazz
May 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The past two days have been something of a whirlwind for me. Things began with the annual philosophy department Philosophy Forum, in which we bring in a noted philosopher for two days of dialog, debates, and dinners. In past years we’ve had such luminaries as Hilary Putnam, Arthur Fine, Alasdair MacIntyre, and even Daniel Dennett. [...]
May
16
Saying What Needs to be Said
May 16, 2007 | 1 Comment
As our polity begins to whip itself into a frenzy over the upcoming 2008 elections, it is important for faithful Christians to stand firm in their convictions. This can be particularly difficult for Christians who, for whatever reason, find themselves supporting politicians whose political views fly in the face of what Christians know to be [...]
May
14
The Direction of Historical Causation
May 14, 2007 | 2 Comments
Mike Liccione of Sacramentum Vitae has an interesting post up today in response to some questions raised by Carl Trueman (now there’s a great name for you) about Francis Beckwith’s recent return to full communion with the Catholic Church. (Side note: Beckwith discusses his reversion at Right Reason, an interesting blog resource for conservative philosophers.) [...]
May
9
Freedom and Universalism
May 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment
One of the best known features of Balthasar’s populist theology, if only because it has become something of a lightning rod of late, is his dogged defense of universalism. For him, the possibility that all are saved is not something that we can know to be a fact but it is certainly something that we [...]
May
8
I don’t believe in ghosts, even though I am not, strictly speaking, ontologically committed to the impossibility of the existence of ghosts. It’s funny, isn’t it, how we pick and choose our beliefs? Christians believe that God became man and performed miracles among us, and yet, in my opinion, the more intelligent Christians do not [...]
May
7
Scotus on the Unicity of God
May 7, 2007 | 1 Comment
In his Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle argues that there is but a single highest good for humans, namely eudaimonia, that state of flourishing that exists in persons whose practical wisdom is habituated in such a way that they always make choices in accordance with right reason. That eudaimonia is one such “highest good” is virtually trivially [...]