I often find myself wondering about the idea of altruism. Is it possible to be totally detached from gain and pleasure in what we do? Does it matter at all if we achieve an altruistic approach to life?
So, What Is My Motivation?
The Philosophy of Science
We've had a few discussions about science and faith. We continue to view them as opposites, though that is just because we have them disordered. One of the issues that comes up when discussing science, is that it is inherently true until proven wrong. There is an arrogance that is derived from that. The scientific community tends to only submit their work to themselves for review. They do not often submit it to the realm of philosophers, because they view their conclusions as scientific, not philosophical. This has always concerned me because that arrogance will cause a progress race blinding everyone to one of the most basic questions, "should we do this?"
Setting Reasonable Limits To Our Reason
Reason, as a tool to know God and understand His revelation, is incredibly effective and helpful, but as the sole defining measure of truth, it's doomed. Reason is not a tool for defining the truth, but for discovery. In other words, it must be checked against something else to be sure of its accuracy.
Episode 113 – Faith and Reason
On this week's InkleDeux pod, AJ and Brandon talk about AJ's move into teaching high school, especially looking at the relationship between our faith and reason and how to show they work together to the students.
Live Podcast 3 – Secularism vs. Pluralism
In the third and final installment of our live podcast series on meaningful conversation with Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton. This time, we talk about two of the philosophical approaches that define what conversation is allowed in the public square, secularism and pluralism, and their weaknesses. Make sure to keep following Kelly at retphi.com and keep the conversation going with us on Facebook.
Live Podcast 2 – Freedom In The Framework
Kelly joins us for a second live event and a discussion about the relationship between freedom and rules. This go around, we really got into some audience participation. Unfortunately, not all of it got picked up on the mics, but hopefully we restated them well enough to avoid confusion. Give us a listen, let us know what you think of the role of rules in freedom on Facebook, and hopefully join us next month for the final of the three part series!