hermeneutics of suspicion

^{Bruce Chapman
May 22, 2018
Citizen Leadership, Intelligent Design}

Darwin, Marx, and Something Called Political “Science”

_{Bruce Chapman
May 22, 2018
Citizen Leadership, Intelligent Design}

The materialist influence of 19th-century thinkers still chills 21st-century thinking. It is true in biology, economics, culture, and government. In much of the popularization and misuse of the claims of natural science and in much of modern German philosophy, tendencies toward atheism and gnosticism (searching for hidden meanings) are found. So are economic determinism and a serene resolve to change human nature. It was considered foolish by many 19th- and early 20th-century intellectuals to believe in God or self-evident truths, but “advanced” to aspire to the perfectibility of man. Read More ›

Hand holding a wooden frame on sunrise sky background. Care, saf

^{William A. Dembski
October 1, 1994
Intelligent Design}

The Fallacy of Contextualism

_{William A. Dembski
October 1, 1994
Intelligent Design}

In the last several decades both philosophy and theology have increasingly taken a “contextual turn.” The contextual turn begins with the observation that all of human inquiry occurs within contexts. By itself this observation is perfectly innocuous. It is patently obvious that each of us thinks and moves within certain social, linguistic, and epistemic contexts. We are not disembodied spirits Read More ›