Fear of Knowledge – a review
Creating a work of philosophy that is both deeply rich in meaning and accessible to a non-philosophically-trained audience is a daunting…
Reason, Experience and Knowledge
Greg Grooms reflects on knowledge, certainty and how we know what we know. After a whistlestop tour through the philosophical reflections…
Understanding Postmodernism from a Confessional Stance
Modernism and Postmodernism both have great influence. Which elements can be accepted, and which must be rejected,
Having Some Faith in the Grey Matter
A review of Ian McEwan's Saturday.
"If you were born in India you would be a Hindu."
There is an old parable about six blind Hindus touching an elephant. One blind man touched the side of the elephant and said it was a…
Why Should Anyone Believe Anything At All?
In a talk given at The Veritas Forum at the University of California, Santa Barbara in February 1998, Dr James Sire considers the role of…
Is There Any Truth to Know and can we Discuss it?
Gavin McGrath examines whether we can talk meaningfully about truth. Is the truth 'out there' or perhaps 'in here'?
Agnosticism and Christianity
In this talk, Dick Keyes considers what agnostics believe, why they believe it and whether they are justified in believing it. He then asks…
The Genealogy of Postmodernism
What has led to the current thinking on what we can know and how we come to know it? Bruce Little considers postmodernism and epistemology.