Science has its limits. One day, science will grind to a halt. No more scientific discoveries. Not that we’ll have discovered everything — complete knowledge, nothing more to know. It will be that we have discovered everything that is open to us to understand, which is not the same thing. Don’t get my wrong — [...]
Continue Reading...By Mark Goldblatt. The soul, in other words, is not your consciousness – unless you are a materialist. If you are not a materialist, however, then the soul is what’s underneath your consciousness, the platform upon which your consciousness is constructed. The distinction is critical. Consciousness is the thing that emerges from sense data, the [...]
Continue Reading...A successful argument for science being the paradigm of rationality must be based on the demonstration that the presuppositions of science are preferable to other presuppositions. That demonstration requires showing that science, relying on these presuppositions, is better at solving some problems and achieving some ideals than its competitors. But showing that cannot be the [...]
Continue Reading...By Dr J.P. Moreland Do we, the disciples of Jesus, possess through Scripture and other means a reliable source of knowledge of reality or do we not? We have seen that this is an important question. The possession of knowledge—especially religious and moral knowledge—is essential for a life of flourishing. To answer this question we [...]
Continue Reading...As Christians, we must realize that our argument is not with science, nor philosophy, nor culture. The Christian’s argument – what we must continually challenge – is with the fallacious notion that philosophical naturalism is the default interpretive worldview position in science, philosophy and culture. Philosophical naturalism is the “cuckoo in the nest” that needs to be [...]
Continue Reading...Say Hello to my Little Friend is the blog of Dr Glenn Peoples from Dunedin in New Zealand. It covers issues in philosophy, theology, politics, social issues, and anything else that takes Glenn’s interest. That’s not all. Say Hello to my Little Friend is also a podcast, the most widely listened podcast on philosophy or theology [...]
Continue Reading...English philosopher and apologist Peter S. Williams works with the UK based Damaris Trust, a Christian charity dedicated to relating Christianity and contemporary culture. Williams is also Assistant Professor in Communication and Worldviews at Gimlekollen School of Journalism and Communication in Norway. Williams studied Philosophy at Cardiff University (BA), Sheffield University (MA) and the University [...]
Continue Reading...Book Review: The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow By Brian Auten of Apologetics 315 The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow landed on bookstore shelves in 2010 following a great deal of pre-release buzz from newspapers, blogs, and television. The authors’ conclusion was no secret: “Because there is a [...]
Continue Reading...No thinking person can escape some sort of metaphysics [1]. The question of metaphysics is important and unavoidable — and I think the reason why many people are materialists [2] is that they do not take the metaphysical question seriously enough. [Existing and thinking] is a bit like riding a bicycle. If you just keep [...]
Continue Reading...If science really is permanently committed to methodological naturalism – the philosophical position that restricts all explanations in science to naturalistic explanations - it follows that the aim of science is not generating true theories. Instead, the aim of science would be something like: generating the best theories that can be formulated subject to the [...]
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