If you think about the Universe as a vast unknown then you can think about human knowledge and understanding about the universe as the “human intersection with the universe.” Our knowledge about, and understanding of, the universe is exactly where we as conscious beings intersect with the universe. Many of the fundamental polarities that have [...]
All posts for the month September, 2009
A Brief Stop at the Human Intersection
Posted by Jeff Carreira on September 22, 2009
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2009/09/22/a-brief-stop-at-the-human-intersection/
Test Drive a Worldview
To respond to Andy, I knew that I was getting myself into some trouble by oversimplifying and over-generalizing philosophy and breaking it down into metaphysics, epistemology and ethics. I was lumping things, like logic into epistemology and aesthetics into ethics (which I probably would have been better off calling values theory.) I also regret using the [...]
Posted by Jeff Carreira on September 16, 2009
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2009/09/16/test-drive-a-worldview/
Why do worldviews clash?
I am fascinated by the discussion that has ensued based on my last post and I hope to tempt your considerable powers of inquiry in a direction that I have been contemplating in response to your comments. I have been thinking about how challenging philosophical discussion can be and I think that part of that [...]
Posted by Jeff Carreira on September 11, 2009
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2009/09/11/why-do-worldviews-clash/
Faith First
William James was an American Apologist. An Apologist is a defender of faith. The term is most often used associated with Christian thinkers who defend the existence of God. William James was taking on a scientific world and risking his own reputation by defending the right to believe in things for which you do not [...]
Posted by Jeff Carreira on September 5, 2009
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2009/09/05/faith-first/
You Gotta Have Faith
The philosophical ideas of the American Pragmatist William James were in many ways foundationally based on a profound realization he had about the nature of human life. James grew up in an eccentric family of Irish Americans in the late 19th century. His father, Henry James senior, was a converted Swedenborgian who wanted the best [...]
Posted by Jeff Carreira on September 2, 2009
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2009/09/02/you-gotta-have-faith/
