by Kevin Bauder | Aug 11, 2017 | Conservatism, Education, How the Left Thinks, Philosophy
. . . You should. No one has exerted a greater influence over American education. The Imaginative Conservative has reprinted a fine introduction to Dewey’s thought: “Theology and Liberal Education in John Dewey.”
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 22, 2017 | Accountability, Conservatism, Economics, Ethics, Philosophy, Politics
“Governments Don’t Give People Rights,” by Donald J. Boudreaux at the Foundation for Economic Education. Rights pre-exist government. Therefore, even if – as most people believe – government is necessary to help to secure individuals’ rights,...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 19, 2017 | Affections, Anthropology, Civility, Conservatism, Culture, Epistemology, Hamartiology, Logic and Argumentation, Philosophy, Science, Secularism, Social Issues, Technology
Richard Weaver was one of the three or four most important founders of modern conservatism. His Ideas Have Consequences is probably the most important work in defining a conservative outlook. His notion of “metaphysical dream” is priceless. The Imaginative...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 14, 2017 | Argumentation and Debate, Epistemology, Hermeneutics, Philosophy
The boys over at Westminster Seminary are fond of saying that there are no brute facts. They are correct. That does not mean, however, that there is no reality to which all truth claims are corrigible. And now comes a reflection from Arminian theologian Roger Olson....
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 5, 2017 | Church History, Devotion, Our Alumni, Pastoral Theology, Philosophy, Theology
Joel Zartman is an alumnus of Central Seminary. His ministry experience includes pastoring a church in Colombia. He is presently a doctoral student in theology at Westminster Seminary. Here Joel begins with an observation of Thomas à Kempis as a preface to a...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 4, 2017 | Art and Literature, Culture, Philosophy, Technology
Should the novel be redefined to include serial cable television? Erik P. Hoel addresses the problem of fiction in an age of screens. His essay interacts with the work of several media critics, including David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. This is an important...
