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Cause and Effect: Not black and white, but read all over as if it were
Cause and effect–we all believe in it and think we know how it works, but when we stop to...
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An Imaginary Conversation on Mount Olympus between Poets and Philosophers
We have seen that the uniqueness of Vico’s philosophy within the Western tradition lies in its pointing out that...
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Three Types of Errors
We are apt to fall victims to three kinds of errors in our evaluation of scientific achievements. These may...
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Statement on Winning the 2008 Templeton Prize
The 17th-century German mathematician and philosopher, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, is my philosophical hero. I am proud (but not quite...
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Some Concluding Reflections at the End of the Journey into Vico’s Mind—Part 2
Way back in the seventeenth century, the Cartesian mind-set envisioned the machine as a tool to systematically order human...
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Co-dependence: When do two wrongs make a right?
I’m trying a new way to deal with effronteries. When someone does me harm, I have an old habit...
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Science in the Ancient World
When we look at the heavens on a clear moonlit night, the twinkling stars and the silvery moon seem...
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Science and Transcendence: An Excerpt from Creative Tension
Limits of Language and Common Sense We all are realists. If we were not, the surrounding world would soon...
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Reflections on Key Books and Publications
People often say that physics is a science of matter or of material world, but while most books on...
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Science and Religion: A School and Church Project in Denmark 2009
The aim is to facilitate students gaining a nuanced understanding of the origin and development of the world and...
