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Falling trees in the forest of Westminster
When teaching philosophy of religion with Sixth Form students at a Northampton secondary school, there was the occasional reference to the following philosophical allegory, “When a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, parliamentary MP, philosophy, political sleaze and corruption, schoolteacher
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Ask me why?
Readers of this blog will probably have realized that my personal beliefs (philosophy), as well as those associations of which I am a member/supporter because of actions emanating from these beliefs (ethics), are very much in line with the ideas … Continue reading
May I quote you?
A quotation is “the repetition of one expression as part of another, particularly when the quoted expression is well-known or explicitly attributed by citation to its original source, and is indicated by quotation marks”. According to Wikipedia, quotations are used … Continue reading
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Tagged consort, Friedrich Nietzsche, injury, inspiration, insult, leisure, philosophy, prejudice, public domain, quotations, thought, unemployment
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A strange glimmer of hope
(The first in a series of three articles focusing on aspects of contemporary religion) Recently, I was captivated by reading the comments of someone who had re-read George Eliot’s Middlemarch: “But in revisiting Middlemarch in middle age, the melancholy I … Continue reading
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Tagged doubt, ethics, hope, human rights, ideas, intentions, limitations, meaning, non-realist, phenomenology, philosophy, realist, Sea of Faith
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Is God back?
Where can wisdom be found; where can religion find its true roots? In extolling the principle that “Wisdom is not supernaturally dispensed from on high”, but “can only be sought by humans at home on earth, and it is inseparable … Continue reading
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Tagged anthropocentric, apocalyptic, atheism, existence, fundamentalist, heritage, human mind, institutional church, liberation theology, literalist, network, non-realist, philosophy, principles, proto-orthodox, radical theology, realist, religion, secularism, supernatural, truth, understanding, voluntarist, wisdom
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Appealing to the senses
After spending several months in its pages, I have finally and fruitfully finished reading the American philosopher Daniel C. Dennett’s book: Breaking the Spell – Religion as a Natural Phenomenon (Penguin Books, 2006) As the title indicates, the book takes … Continue reading
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Tagged evolution, existence, faiths, human mind, invention, phenomenon, philosophy, religion, secular, senses, supernatural, theistic
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