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The Cogito (and More): Research Projects Derailed

Posted on May 11, 2026 by Steven Yates

A few weeks ago I ran across this, and it got me thinking all over again — for the first time in over a decade — about the biggest wrong turn Western philosophy took, at least since the tendency toward … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Philosophy, philosophy of mind, Political Economy, Where Is Philosophy Going? | Tagged Academic journals rejections, Adjuncts stories, Cartesian dualism, Cartesian methodological doubt, Cartesian philosophy, Cogito, Cogito: Problems with, Foundationalism, materialism, Philosophical Research, Philosophy after Descartes, Rene Descartes, Surviving Academia Today | Leave a comment

Nihilism

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Steven Yates

Nihilism (from the Latin: nothing) is a term most often associated with Friedrich Nietzsche, arguably the most pivotal philosopher of the European post-Kantian era, and with his infamous allegation in Also Sprach Zarathustra that: “God is dead! And we … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Worldview, Philosophy, Religion, Where is Civilization Going?, Where Is Philosophy Going? | Tagged advent of nihilism, Books, Enlightenment Philosophy, eugenics history of, Francis Galton, Friedrich Nietzsche, God is dead, Ivan Turgenov, life, materialism, Modernity, moral philosophy foundations, morality discovered or created, morality revealed or created, Nietzsche, nihilism, overman, Philosophy, philosophy history of, rational humanism, revaluation of all values, theism and atheism, theism and modern science | Leave a comment

Presuppositionalism

Posted on January 7, 2026 by Steven Yates

[Note: this blog has been moribund for some time. It had strayed too far from philosophy and waded into politics (just one of its faults). These days I have other outlets for that material and can reserve this for my … Continue reading →

Posted in Methodology, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged apologetics, arguments for God's existence, atheism, bible, Christian philosophy, Christian theism, Christianity, David Hume, God, God and logic, Kierkegaard, materialism, materialist naturalism, naturalism, original sin and natural evil, Philosophy, presuppositional apologetics, presuppositionalism, problem of evil, reasons for belief, reasons for unbelief, theology, transcendental argument for God's existence | 1 Comment

Nietzsche, Materialism, and Eugenics: A Brief History of the Connection

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Steven Yates

Was Friedrich Nietzsche the first visible eugenicist? We explore that question, and the connections to today’s situation with the World Economic Forum globalists. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Worldview, Philosophy, Science and Technology, Where is Civilization Going? | Tagged eugenics, eugenics and philosophy, Fabian socialism, Fabian Society, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Bernard Shaw, globalism, Klaus Schwab, materialism, Nietzsche, Nietzsche and eugenics, philosophy and eugenics, Yuval Harari, Yuval Noah Harari | 1 Comment

Materialism (Vers. 2.0, Part 6)

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Steven Yates

“Materialism Part 6” continues the discussion by asking, and answering, What is the Christian worldview? What sets Christianity apart from other world religions? Are the New Atheism and other manifestations of skepticism at all credible? Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Worldview, Culture, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Political Philosophy | Tagged all lives matter, apologetics, Christian apologetics, Christian economics, Christian political economy, Christian Worldview, Christianity, Christianity and materialism, Christianity in China, Christians suffering dying, Created in God's image, crucifixion, dominionism, efforts to wipe out Christianity, human rights, Lou Reed, materialism, presuppositional apologetics, skepticism and Christianity, uniqueness of Christian faith, uniqueness of Christianity | 1 Comment

Materialism (Vers. 2.0, Part 5)

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Steven Yates

Continuing the discussion of how the materialist worldview has left Western civilization & culture morally adrift, & vulnerable to the forces presently destroying it from within. Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going? | Tagged 1950s culture, abortion and philosophy, abortions of convenience, Aldous Huxley, Christianity, Death of God, drug abuse, dystopian visions, future of social security and medicare, LSD effects, materialism, materialism and philosophy, materialism vs Christianity, Max Weber iron cage, New Atheism, Peter Watson, Philosophy, Postmodernity, rural communities, secularism, secularization, The Secular City | 1 Comment

Materialism (Vers. 2.0, Part 4)

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Steven Yates

Materialism (Vers. 2.0, Part 4) continues the discussion begun in Parts 1 – 3, asking whether any secular moral theories are sufficient to thwart modern tendencies toward relativism, nihilism, and abuses of money and power. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Worldview, Culture, Libertarianism, Philosophy, Political Economy, Uncategorized, Where is Civilization Going? | Tagged Ayn Rand, Bentham, capitalism, categorical imperative, Christianity, Comte, deontology, industrial civilization, Kant, Law of Three Stages, libertarianism, materialism, Mill, philosophy of history, political economy, Rawls, social justice, utilitarianism, veil of ignorance | 2 Comments

Materialism (vers 2.0., Part 3)

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Steven Yates

Our discussion continues: what, precisely, is materialism? It is not simply the pursuit of wealth & material goods. It is a comprehensive worldview. It is important to understand this distinction to understand one of the most basic issues our civilization must eventually face. Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going? | Tagged Auguste Comte, discrimination and morality, homosexuality and morality, materialism, materialism pursuit of power, materialist naturalism, metaphysics, philosophy metaphysics, religion and ethics, religion and science, Ruth Benedict, Ruth Benedict anthropologist, science and religion, slavery and morality, worldviews | 5 Comments

Materialism (Vers 2.0, Part 2)

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Steven Yates

Materialism (Vers 2.0, Part 2): in “A Free Man’s Worship” (1903) philosopher Bertrand Russell called for a humanist ethic of respect for scientific truth, economic justice, and world peace. How well has this held up? Is its failure just the sign of a civilization’s growing pains, or of something fundamentally wrong with its key assumptions? Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going? | Tagged A Free Man's Worship, Aldous Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Brave New World, Deep Establishment, Huxley Brave New World, materialism, Modernity, Nietzsche, power vs goodness, power vs morality, Russell a Free Mans Worship, Russell the Impact of Science on Society, Russell the Scientific Outlook, Skinner Beyond Freedom and Dignity, social engineering, Technocracy, technocratic elite, technology of behavior | 1 Comment

Materialism (Vers 2.0, Part 1)

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Steven Yates

[Author’s note: this series of posts is a much-expanded and hopefully much-improved version of the series that began here, which is desirable to reprint lest it disappear from that site. The question that came to me was, Why not refurbish … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?, Where Is Philosophy Going? | Tagged advent of nihilism, antimetaphysics, Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin evolution, Christianity, Christianity and materialism, Emile Durkheim, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gordon Gekko, Gordon Gekko greed is good, greed is good, John Dewey, Karl Marx, Material Girl, materialism, materialism and philosophy, materialism versus Christianity, materialism vs Christianity, materialist culture, materialist philosophy, metaphysics, Modernity, Nietzsche nihilism, nihilism, philosophy is not dead, Wilhelm Wundt | 10 Comments

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Tag Archives: materialism

The Cogito (and More): Research Projects Derailed

Nihilism

Presuppositionalism

Nietzsche, Materialism, and Eugenics: A Brief History of the Connection

Materialism (Vers. 2.0, Part 6)

Materialism (vers 2.0., Part 3)

Materialism (Vers 2.0, Part 1)

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