Philosophy

Neurotheology, a Bridge Between Religion and Science 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Science
- September 11, 2026
An emerging field of psychology is recognizing the profound link among religious experience, the brain, and mental health. It’s called “neurotheology,” a multidisciplinary field that studies the relations between religion and the human brain. “Neurotheology is a two-way street so that it is not just neuroscience studying religion or religion commenting on neuroscience,” said Dr. Andrew Newberg, a neuroscientist and pioneer in the field, in an
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Plato’s Cave Was About Us, Not Others 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy
- September 11, 2026
Often the analogy of Plato’s Cave is told with the teller standing outside, basking in the sun. Meanwhile, everyone else is left inside, still seeing shadows on the wall. We naturally make a divide: the other country, the other party, the other culture, the other church, the other family – they are always the prisoners.
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Why It’s So Important That Our Beliefs About Reality Are Accurate 0
- Featured, Philosophy
- September 9, 2026
Often the most difficult questions to actually answer are the simplest ones to ask. We can easily answer the question, “What is a hammer?” by simply referring to the materials, the shape, and the purpose of the hammer. It gets slightly more difficult, however, when asking a question like, “What is justice?” or “What is
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Why Mysteries Are Good for the Rational Soul 0
- Culture, Featured, Literature, Philosophy
- September 2, 2026
Mysteries and crime fiction hold a special kind of appeal. Just look at the immense popularity of true crime podcasts, police procedurals on network TV, or the undying interest in the works of Agatha Christie. Some of the earliest forms of literature we have are mysteries, such as “Oedipus Rex,” and some of the greatest
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Are You Guilty of Fleshism?0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy
- September 1, 2026
Be careful not to let your latent prejudice show, lest you reveal yourself as an enemy to progress! Indeed, you may not have heard of fleshism, but your preference for embodied human existence betrays you. “Fleshism,” is considered a type of “discrimination” to the transhumanist movement, which seeks to improve the human condition and person
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The Importance of Building Small 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Politics
- August 25, 2026
I am not a carpenter, and my hands are more comfortable on a keyboard than a skill saw. But I took it upon myself to try to build something this summer, namely, a coat closet and built-in cabinets with a window seat around the window in our entryway, where coats and boots and other outdoor
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