(HT: Dangerous Idea) That’s the conclusion drawn by Asbury University philosopher Michael L. Peterson. You can read Professor Peterson’s essay here. I think Peterson is correct, for many of the same reasons I offer in my analysis of ID. (See my blog post here) Read more
In discussing the collapse of the New York Knicks and today’s upcoming playoff game against the Boston Celtics, Stephen A. Smith, over at ESPN.COM, writes: “No one’s in the mood for crucifying the Knicks on Easter Sunday….” Can anyone imagine Smith saying this?: “Hedo Türkoğlu, despite the Magic’s loss, is in no mood to raid the buffet at mid-day during Ramadan or burn a Koran with Pastor Terry Jones, his fellow Floridian.” Even the religiously tone deaf folks at ESPN would... Read more
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A year ago tomorrow, April 24, my friend Hadley Arkes was received into the Catholic Church. My wife, Frankie, and I were present at the Mass in which Hadley received the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, and holy communion. In the recent issue of Touchstone, Marcia Segelstein interviews Hadley about his conversion. You can find it here. Here’s an excerpt: (more…) Read more
Readers of this blog will recall the letter I sent to UNLV president, Neal Smatresk, in which I make a case for the centrality of philosophy in any university’s curriculum, and for that reason UNLV should change its plan to eliminate its philosophy department. (See also the outstanding essay published on April 6 in the Boston Review and authored by my former UNLV colleague, and present chair of UNLV’s philosophy department, Todd Jones). I am happy to report that the efforts of many, including Professor... Read more
From the Baylor philosophy department website: Jay Bruce, who got his PhD in philosophy at Baylor in 2008, was recently named the Student Choice Award Professor of the Year for 2010-11 at John Brown University, where he has a permanent position. Congratulations, Jay! I am proud to say that I sat on Jay’s dissertation committee, and he also took my “Philosophy of Law” class. Read more
That’s the title of my most recent entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here’s how it begins: It is an odd thing to explain to other Christians why one moves from one theological tradition to another, since you know (or will eventually discover) that the reasons that seemed so compelling to you seem less than adequate to others. I believe that the reason for this is that each of us approaches these sorts of questions with a plausibility structure, about which we... Read more
I’ve already mentioned on this blog my Synthese response to the perfectly awful piece by philosopher Barbara Forrest (see here, here and here) in which she “critiques” my entire life. (If that sounds weird, you’re right. See my pointed Synthese response to Forrest, “Or We Can Be Philosophers: A Response to Barbara Forrest.”) It turns out that the editors of Synthese have just published a disclaimer in the front matter of the Synthese issue in which Forrest’s piece was published. Here it... Read more
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