Pictured above is the central panel of “Education” (1890), a thirty-foot-wide stained glass window by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Tiffany Studios. Located in Linsley-Chittenden Hall at Yale University, it depicts Science (personified by Devotion, Labor, Truth, Research and Intuition) and Religion (personified by Purity, Faith, Hope, Reverence and Inspiration) in harmony, presided over by the central personification of “Light·Love·Life”. [Wikimedia Commons]
Metaviews 015. 2001.03.07. Approximately 970 words. Below is a follow-up posting to Metaviews 012: Galileo’s Troubles.Mariano Artigas clarifies the circumstances regarding Galileo’scondemnation by the Church in 1633. — Billy Grassie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=From: Mariano Artigas <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Metaviews 012 Regarding Metaviews 012 (Galileo’s troubles), we have received somecomments, that show that the whole thing has been misunderstood…
When Alfred Nobel instituted his prizes at the beginning of this century, he set up awards in physics and chemistry, medicine, and literature and peace. Since then, in his memory, economics has been added. There are some notable omissions. The story is that Nobel’s wife ran off with a mathematician, so that put paid to…
Metaviews 012. 2001.02.25. Approximately 1905 words. Below is an article on some new archival research about Galileo¬πsTroubles with the Church. The article is written by Mariano Aritgas,Rafael Martivez, and William Shea. There has been a lot of recentscholarship, which puts into question the story of Galileo as amartyr for science. The piece below contributes to…
In his article “Who’s Got the Magic?” (Dembski, Metaviews 042, 2000), William Dembski discusses my book Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationism, and defends Phillip Johnson’s intelligent-design creationism (IDC(1)). I had expected that Dembski would also respond to criticisms I had made of his own specific arguments, and was disappointed that he…
Try to explain any philosophical “ism” to your friend or colleague. Unless you’re both scholars, you probably can’t do so easily. London-based graphic designer Genís Carreras wants to make it easier for us to talk philosophy, so he’s removing words all together and replacing them with pictures in his postcard and book project Philographics. Carreras…
1. A friend of mine once sought a teaching position at a somewhat New Age spiritual college. He‘s a Buddhist and also a scholar with high standards. In a job interview with the dean he asked, “What’s your attitude about rigor?” “You mean rigor mortis?” the dean asked, conveying an assumption that rigor killed the…