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Tag Archives: metaphysics
Materialism (vers 2.0., Part 3)
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?
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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
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Materialism (Vers 2.0, Part 1)
[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?
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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
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My Kantian-Kierkegaardian Christianity
In accordance with my standing as an outsider, I’ve been increasingly inclined over the years to make up my own mind about matters of philosophical theology, attendance of religious ceremonies, and matters of faith. I am unimpressed by the tenured … Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Worldview, Philosophy
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Tagged "God is dead", A Free Man's Worship, agnosticism, arguments for God's existence, atheism, Bertrand Russell, black swans, Christian God, Christianity, Dostoevsky, Einstein, Feyerabend, God, higher dimensions, Intelligent Design, Kant, Kierkegaard, metaphysics, Nietzsche, Philosophy, positivism, proofs of God's existence, realism, Transcendental philosophy
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Lost Generation Philosopher 