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The (Natural) Law: Not (just) a good idea…?
Gerard Mannion asks in a recent essay in The Tablet whether natural law is such a good idea (20...
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A Revolutionary New View of History and Humanity—Part 1
Vico’s New Science (1725) is a watershed to modern historicism. He was however too far ahead of his contemporaries...
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Theories in Science
The word theory is derived from the Greek theoria: a speculation or view. It is used in both technical...
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“Man Is His Own History” leads to Self-knowledge — Part III
With the above examined understanding of history Vico attempts to oppose Descartes’ claim that “clear and distinct ideas” constitute...
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Aspirational Tense: “I most definitely am, I hope”
The relationship between reality and interpretation is always tenuous. Who’s to say what’s real? There is no simple formula...
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“Man Is His Own History” leads to self-knowledge–Part II
Within self-knowledge we are more than mere passive onlookers. We are the protagonists of situations which we understand from...
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Logical Limitations of Physical Laws
There are some fundamental logical difficulties in accepting science-derived laws of nature as being the intrinsic or eternal characteristics...
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“Man is his own History” leads to self-knowledge—Part 1
In 1976 A. Robert Caponigri of Notre Dame University published an essay in honor of the great Yale Dante...
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Realincarnation: Requiem for the immortal soul
I lost a friend a few months ago. I miss him, but he is gone, though he lives on...
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The Journey Continues
The bias in favor of science and against humanistic modes of thought is in line with the Cartesian paradigm...