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MECHANICISM Realism We can introduce the elements of Mechanism in the context of Newtonian dynamics.  A Newtonian system is...

REPLACING METHODOLOGICAL NATURALISM Richard Dawkins, during a recent interview about his new book, The God Delusion, proclaimed “he big...

Foreword Mircea Eliade, the great historian and philosopher of religions, did not consider the present ‘desacralization’ of modern life...

I. IntroductionThe concepts of reductionism, naturalism, and nominalism in their radical form lie at the base of most anti-religious...

The twentieth-century mathematician and philosopher, Alfred North Whitehead, offered this provocative statement in his mature philosophical work, Adventures in...

1. From Science to Naturalism A good starting point for entering the discussion of science, religion and naturalism is...

Introduction The fact is that we do not any more know what beauty is. If our culture, our thought,...

In 2005 the discovery of an Ivory-bill Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) caused a national celebration. Donald Kennedy (2005), the editor...

Is there a neurobiology of sin? Can sinful behavior be explained away as causal effects of chemical reactions in...

Introduction When it comes to water humans seem to suffer from some sort of “split-personality” syndrome. Although in most...