Transhumanism is the idea that man should eventually transform and make improvements on his body by technological advances. The goal is to become posthuman.
Nearly all religious traditions have held that life after death is something which awaits us–whether
For those of the more academic bent, please consider reading Étienne Gilson' book “Thomist Realism and the Critique of Knowledge” (Réalisme thomiste et critique de la connaissance, Vrin, 1939.). As my friend said, it's “drop everything” good!
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What is truth?
I thought it would be good to take a step back and review what truth is in the most general sense. Welcome to philosophy! As simple as
Damien Thompson at the Daily Telegraph sets the record straight. As always, my comments are in blue, emphasis in bold:
“…But the crucial point is that the sharpest young opinion-formers are atheists. This is a development that
The government in the United Kingdom has introduced a revision of the 'The Model Funding Agreement' that effectively bans the teaching of certain types of philosophy. (It appears that this effectively means any that come before David Hume…)
This article probably is not worth my time, but I'll critique it despite that….
“Scandal is too mild a term to describe the abuse of children at the hands Roman Catholic priests. But whatever word
Why should we call it a battle of ideas that we are involved in? Aren’t we tired of fighting?
I would like to emphasize the difference between two fundamentally distinct ways of viewing the world that have been around since