by Kevin Bauder | Feb 1, 2017 | Logic and Argumentation, Philosophy, Theology
That seems to be what Joel Zartman is driving at. My point is not that Athanasius was not a Christian. My point is that committed and robust 4th century Christianity found the categories of Platonism extremely congenial, greatly so. It was how they made sense of...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 14, 2017 | Documents, Downloads, Epistemology, Ethics, Philosophy, Science, Technology
. . . By a scientist. Austin L. Hughes challenges the myth that science explains everything. Download the PDF from The New Atlantis.
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 19, 2016 | Conservatism, General Information, Liberalism, Philosophy
No one has improved on the description originally provided by Russell Kirk, who summarized the conservative perspective in six core principles. The list appears in plenty of places: here is one.
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 19, 2016 | America, Art and Literature, Culture, How the Left Thinks, Liberalism, Philosophy, Politics
Is this fake news? The Daily Mail is reporting that Donald Trump has picked movie star Sylvester Stallone for a government post. The most likely position is head of the National Endowment for the Arts. Predictably, the arts community is hyperventilating. On the one...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 16, 2016 | Conservatism, Economics, Liberalism, Philosophy, Politics
Many people–including many conservatives–think of conservatism as an ideology. They would be surprised to learn that thoughtful conservatives reject ideology of every sort. They insist that their position is not an ideology, but an attitude. Read more from...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 5, 2016 | Bauder's Reading, C. S. Lewis, History, Philosophy
Humanity does not pass through phases as a train passes through stations: being alive, it has the privilege of always moving yet never leaving anything behind. Whatever we have been, in some sort we are still. Lewis, C. S. The Allegory of Love (eBook Original) (Kindle...
