June 2010
Response to The Friendly Atheist
I recently wrote an article entitled “The Wall Between Science and Religion No Longer Works.”
Upon completion, I sent it to the Friendly Atheist to get some critical feedback.
His/her response to that article can be found here
The following is my rejoinder:
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The Wall Between Science and Religion No Longer...
The long-standing war between science and religion continues to fuel debate around the world. Among certain ranks of secularism, the well-known conflicts between the two have generated the perception that allegiance to one necessarily undermines allegiance to the other. But this is mistaken. As a matter of inquiry will show, the influence of Charles Sanders Peirce’s thinking on the nature of...
On Grierson, Chomsky, and the Media
The world is a complex place. It is also a curious battleground of ideas. Most problems facing society are far beyond the comprehension of the average citizen—where participation too frequently is indolent, perfunctory, hollow, and in some cases, non-existent. The power to tap the springs of civil action, therefore, is a crucial function of the democratic spirit, which, by and large, has been...
scientific "truths"
Much has been stipulated over the “truths” of science, not to forget the many permutations of the scientific method. Paul Feyerabend, for example, argues that “science is much more sloppy and irrational than its methodological image” likes to confess (179). Scientists have followed different methods at different times, each believing his own method to generate well-established and...
our amazing planet infographic →
(via miianwilson)
Interpreting Compilation, History, & Propaganda...
The following is a much more critical extension of what I wrote here
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The reportorial documentary pioneered by Vertov might best be described as a mixture of...
“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the...”
– Bertrand Russell (from the prologue of ‘The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell’, 1951) (via fuckyeahexistentialism)
“Character is a slowly forming thing. You can no more force character on someone...”
– N.T. Wright (via azspot) 