One my all time favourite lectures. I find it intellectually compelling. There are competing philosophical views of reality. Main contenders are: common sense, reductive materialism, radical empiricism, and idealism. The lecture will review these, and defend an idealist view –… Read More ›
Philosophy
Either/Or
Professor Kreeft is a leading Roman Catholic apologist
Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad explains why the Perennial Philosophy is false
After recent controversy surrounding the Perennialist bias of the new Study Quran it is refreshing to hear a Muslim scholar explain why this ideology is false.
Abdal Hakim Murad – Reverse Causality
Timothy Winter (Professor of Theology at Cambridge) discusses the concept of reverse causality. This excerpt is taken from his commentary on Mevlana Rumi’s Mathnavi. Relativity: There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was far faster than light; She… Read More ›
The Idealist View of Reality
In terms of Western philosophy I am an unapologetic Idealist and Keith Ward is my favourite living philosopher. This article explains what the Idealist hypothesis is all about and why materialism is just not up to scratch. The Idealist View… Read More ›
Kant would love this (I hope)
A critique of Puerile Reason This is a clever and witty joke inspired by The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant, first published in 1781 which I have partially read. Don’t ask me to sum up what it is all… Read More ›
Arguments for God’s Existence
Keith Ward is my favourite living philosopher and in just 9 minutes he gives us his expert assessment of the traditional arguments for God’s existence. Highly recommended. Enjoy!
Some juicy new reading
I have just got back from the wondrous Foyles Bookshop in Charing Cross Road, having bought two succulent gems.. St Paul: The Misunderstood Apostle has just been published, written by the celebrated religious commentator Karen Armstrong. I always appreciate her balanced… Read More ›
Avicenna’s Floating Man Argument
Professor Peter Adamson explains the thought experiment of Avicenna known as the ‘floating man.’ Avicenna, (Latinate form of Ibn-Sīnā, Persian: پور سینا / ابن سینا;,) full name Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Sīnā (c. 980 –… Read More ›
كافر
In the anniversary week of Bertrand Russell’s death, here’s a photograph the great philosopher, pacifist, mathematician and notorious atheist.
Kant’s project in The Critique of Pure Reason
Professor Dan Robinson gives the first lecture in this series on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. It remains a matter of controversy as to just what the central project of the Critique is, but surely one objective is to establish… Read More ›
Trouble in paradise
Delivered to my office today: an exiting new work by one of the most popular philosophers of our time.
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