We do not have to sacrifice training in research in order to provide our students with a liberal education, just as we do not have to fragment and deform so much of our students’ education, as we do now.
The Explanation of Behavior. (Routledge and Paul Kegan, 1964)This was my doctoral dissertation. It was an all-out attack on psychological behaviorism, which tried to show that only muddled philosophical thinking could hide from its practitioners that their research program was reaching a dead-end. Hegel. (Cambridge University Press, 1975; various languages)This was an attempt to…
1. Introduction “No primary Christian doctrine has been left so undeveloped dogmatically”, yet “the Bible is the Book of the Spirit”, wrote Wheeler Robinson (Robinson 1928). Although there existed a vivid awareness of the Spirit in the early Church (as shown by 302 references in the NT against 195 in the OT), there was little…
Examining how Paul Tillich’s life experiences encouraged him to valorize mysticism and to construe the mystical in the manner he did.
Paul Tillich and William James both offer rich resources for thinking about mysticism, religious faith, the nature of the object of religious faith, and the ultimate meaningfulness of life.
Metanexus Sophia. 5,491 Words Will questions of spiritual development one day become an integral part of our efforts to ensure global developments toward peace and justice? What efforts are currently being devoted toward developing the inner resources of human beings, their power to love, care, and be compassionate, as well as peaceful and happy, so…
For most life scientists, the processes of evolution are essentially mechanistic–they operate without allowing for any ideas of causality or teleology. Organisms and species are essentially passive, acted upon by external evolutionary forces rather than able to actively promote their own survival. As Joseph Bracken points out, however, “[T]here are some hardy individuals who have…
Reductionism as Philosophy Reductionism is a philosophical tenet which states that by analyzing a system to its ultimate component parts, we will be able to unravel it at deeper and deeper levels. It is the process of reducing any feature of the perceived world to its final elements with the hope of exposing all the…
At a time of heightened alienation and conflict between Islam and the West, there is a need to promote a “dialogue of civilizations” as called for by President Khatami. The dialogue between science and religion provides an important point of departure.
“In true dialogue,” writes Vietnamese monk, activist and author, Thich Nhat Hanh, “both sides are willing to change.” In fostering the constructive engagement of science and religion, we encourage both of these “dialogue partners” to be open to appropriate change and transformation. In the three articles below, William Schweiker and Eric Weislogel offer an interesting…