The Limits of Moderation

by Aaron Alexander Zubia

While Hume can teach us a thing or two about intellectual modesty, the content of his philosophy leaves readers with a vacuum of meaning. Continue Reading »

18 Feb 2022

The Body is More Than a Tool

by Carl R. Trueman

Cartesian mind–body dualism undergirds the rhetoric of abortionists. Continue Reading »

7 Oct 2021

Loving to Know

by N. T. Wright

In many spheres, the question not just of what we know but of how we know is urgent and vital. I have tried to develop the notion of love as the ultimate form of knowledge and to explore its wider relevance. My history with this question begins in the 1980s, when I was growing concerned by profound . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2020

The Myth of Scientific Objectivity

by William A. Wilson

My friends who work in scientific fields were aghast when they saw that the organizers of a planned “March for Science” had tweeted that “colonization, racism, immigration, native rights, sexism, ableism, queer-, trans-, intersex-phobia, & econ justice are scientific issues [black power . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2017

Our Electronic “Life”

by Micah Harris

The internet has undercut the market for real-world experience. While the price of experience has held steady—or nearly so—the internet has drastically reduced the price of information. Continue Reading »

21 Jul 2016

Frequencies of Thought

by David Gelernter

Stephen Meredith argues a thesis that seems to me correct, important, and widely overlooked—the triple crown in the Interesting Assertions sweepstakes. It is that the scientific attitude must respect the nonscientific grounds of its actions, or else it shall slide into a dehumanizing instrument . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2015