A Rational Look at Christianity; Basing Reason in Truth. An emergent property is one that stems from factors lower down in the evolutionary process that do not involve the emergent property. The emergent properties emerge from amid a set of properties none of which herald the emergent one. It just springs forth, life from non-life, consciousness from non-conscious, por soir from en soir.

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains. Selected for the The Times. Think of it it as a best of compilation if you like. Strictly philosophical does not exclude political philosophy but it does exclude politics.

This is the twelfth installment of a series of interviews I am conducting with academic philosophers about their religious practices. In this series of interviews, I ask philosophers about their religious practices and the influence on their philosophical work. Follow the links for parts 1. This interview is with Amber Griffioen.

Theories about the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Genesis 1 compared to previous origin stories. Here is an epic post by our friend Dr. Larry Hurtado on early high christology. This episode starts with some listener feedback about episode 98 with Dr.

Philosophy is merely thought that has been thought out. It is often a great bore. But man has no alternative, except between being influenced by thought that has been thought out and being influenced by thought that has not been thought out. Whenever we have two concepts, A and B, we can ask to what extent the things they pick out in reality are distinct. If they pick out distinct realities, then we say that there is a.

Talking about the world, fumbling thru ideas. A similar event happened a few months ago. Myself and another black group member began a scene in a car. We ended up getting pulled over by a cop, and the scene played itself out from there. People who approach language and rac.

For many years, Leiter Reports served as the primary philosophy blog for professional philosophy. Many have criticized Leiter for his handling of squabbles with other philosophers, which seemingly led to many wanting an alternative. Our Treatment of Animals and the Pursuit of Virtue.