I was thinking this morning after reading in Aquinas his treatment of teleology, or in other words, directed/oriented/consistent/purpose filled behavior, I found it perpexing that he ends his sentence with “unless by chance: “Respondeo dicendum quod omne agens
My emphasis in bold.
LIBERTAS
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIIION THE NATURE OFHUMAN LIBERTY
To the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, andBishops of the Catholic World in Grace andCommunion with the Apostolic See.
Liberty, the highest of natural
As has been partially defined in our posts on faith in science (One and Two), faith is essentially non-rational but evidence based (defined not in the restricted sense given by empiricists but also including the type of faith you may have
Maybe this isn't worth my time, but in an lecture at the Jaipur Literature Fest, posted by the Times of India, Richard Dawkins, probably the most famous atheist in the world since the passing of Christopher Hitchens, has
The importance of presenting a clear understanding of the relationship between faith and reason is becoming ever more important as there is more confusion, skepticism about knowledge and scientism than every before. The Holy Father is aware of
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…)
In the last post on faith in science we were left wondering why there is such a strong trust in what the scientific process or method yields for us. Auguste Comte was fascinated with this last stage, this greatest achievement of humanity,
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