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President Obama may be a fan of Charles Darwin , but if he was truly an admirer of Edmund Burke this would have been his campaign slogan . . . (Via: Darwin 2009 ) . . . . Continue Reading »

Note: This is the third and final post in a discussion on the role of religious beliefs in theory-making. The other two can be found here and here . In ancient Greece a religious controversy once broke out over the square root of two. The Pythagoreans, a Hellenic organization of thinkers who . . . . Continue Reading »

A daily roundup of intriguing items on culture, politics, and religion. Culture » Sign of the Times: In honor of same-sex marriage becoming legal in Vermont, Ben & Jerry’s has renamed its Chubby Hubby ice cream flavor “Hubby Hubby” for the month . » When technology . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday I wrote that in order to advance a religiously informed public philosophy, it was useful to clarify what was meant by a religious belief . In the comments section Barry Addington notedthat the mission of First Things is not to advance a religiously informed public philosophy “if the . . . . Continue Reading »

From Fred Sanders : Two sisters sit at home, talking. The younger sister does needlework and arranges flowers picked from the garden, as she passes the time until her boyfriend comes to visit. The older sister, on the other hand, is trying to make some kind of sense out of her wasted life, having . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the world’s largest book publishers isn’t happy about what Google and Amazon are doing to the publishing industry : Arnaud Nourry, chief executive of French publishing group Hachette Livre, said unilateral pricing by Google, Amazon and other e-book retailers such as Barnes & . . . . Continue Reading »

I have a visceral reaction of disgust whenever I see this ad by the World Wildlife Fund, though I can’t exactly explain why. [caption id=”attachment_7319” align=”aligncenter” width=”500” caption=”Click to Enlarge”] [/caption] Tasteless or . . . . Continue Reading »

When I saw this headline at Christianity Today — Breaking: Translators Regret TNIV, Will Overhaul NIV —I thought my buddy Ted Olsen was making a joke. But it’s true! Zondervan, the world’s biggest Bible publisher, admits it made a mistake: “Some of the criticism was . . . . Continue Reading »

For decades, George Will has been one of the most thoughtful voices in the conservative movement. In his column today , however, he shows a surprisingly lack of prudence by calling for the withdrawal of troops from the mainland of Afghanistan to the coastline, a flawed strategy and a complete . . . . Continue Reading »

Ludwig Wittgenstein believed that the proper task of philosophy was to make the nature of our thought and talk clear. The problems of philosophy were illusory, he believed, and arose as a misunderstanding about language. While I think he greatly overstated the case, I think Wittgenstein was on to . . . . Continue Reading »