Posts Tagged as ‘skeptical’

March 18, 2009

De anima[l] ?

We might agree with Aristotle that human beings are complex, political animals , but if we also agree that humans innately possess the Imago Dei, what are we to make of the stuff given to us–raw and “unplugged”–by nature? What of our biological drives, motives, and desires? Evolutionary psychology tells us that: (1) these things [...]

August 17, 2008

worse before better

And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. -Matthew 24:12
Children, it is the last hour. -1 John 2:18

April 18, 2008

magician-scientists

in the psychology of thinking (PSY310) this week, prof johnson-laird talked about magical thinking and how this type of reasoning has undergirded much of western medicine and science at large. of course, hardcore empiricists will scoff at this claim, but the truth of the matter is no matter what philosophical-cultural background humans emerge from, there is always [...]