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  • 26 Feb 2024
    David Lay Williams, Matthew W. Maguire

    Rousseau and Democracy

    2024 promises to be a year of decision for democracies worldwide, with important elections scheduled in Taiwan, Venezuela, Mexico, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Several of these elections are taking place in countries with relatively fragile democracies, and  where the voters themselves are uncertain about the political health and stability of their […]

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  • 9 Feb 2024
    Edwin Mares

    Reasoning about Reasoning

    Studying self-referring language is fun. This is the reason why so many philosophers talk about the logic of truth. When we talk about the truth or falsity of sentences, we use language to talk about itself. My book, The Logic of Entailment and its History (Cambridge University Press, 2024), is not about truth, but about […]

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  • 18 Jan 2024
    K. Brad Wray

    Why is Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions so important?

    Thomas Kuhn published The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in 1962, over 60 years ago.  The book is principally remembered for the role it attributes to paradigm change in the development of science.  On Kuhn’s account, the growth of scientific knowledge follows a pattern; periods of normal science, characterized by widespread consensus, are interrupted by paradigm […]

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  • 18 Jan 2024
    Gabriele Gava

    Kant’s First Critique and the Method of Metaphysics

    The main claim of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason and the Method of Metaphysics (Cambridge University Press 2023) is that the Critique of Pure Reason should be read as the doctrine of method of metaphysics. One way to clarify the meaning of this claim is to say that it proposes a new perspective on Kant’s […]

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  • 11 Jan 2024
    David Brown

    Can a fallible text be liberating, in relating to other faiths?

    St Andrew’s Anglican church, Tangier Can religions change? Historically, the evidence is overwhelming that they do. But for believers standing against this has long been the notion of revelation as the eternal, unchanging word of God. Even as late as 1893 Pope Leo XIII described the entirety of the Christian scriptures as ‘dictated by the […]

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  • 29 Dec 2023
    Mariusz Tabaczek

    Can the Aristotelian-Thomistic School of Thought Embrace the Evolutionary View of Reality?

    The question of whether the classical Aristotelian-Thomistic school of thought may correspond with the evolutionary worldview continues to inspire research and (sometimes heated) debates. A number of legitimate concerns is usually brought up by those who think that the classical framework of philosophy and theology is at odds with the more recent developments in natural […]

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  • 7 Dec 2023
    Alex Fogleman

    How Did Early Christians Teach New Members to Know God?

    The topic of catechesis, or baptismal instruction, remains a relatively understudied area of research outside a few highly specialized subdisciplines in early Christian studies. It’s primarily of interest to scholars in practical theology, liturgics, and social history. Increasingly, however, the organization of the catechumenate, beginning at least in the second century and going up to […]

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  • 24 Nov 2023
    Philip C. Almond

    The Buddha in the Modern West

    During the first decades of the twenty-first century, the Buddha has become part of Western popular culture, on occasion little more than a commodity on the shelf in the modern supermarket of individual spiritualities – brand Buddha. He signifies happiness, inner peace, tranquility, serenity, wellness, simplicity, stillness, and mindfulness. He has significance, impact, and a […]

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