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Faith and Reason, Part 5: Hume

January 27, 2019 by Mark Hansard No Comments

David Hume (1711–1776) was a Scottish philosopher and historian well known for his arguments against traditional Christian theism that had a great impact on the Enlightenment.

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Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: creation, David Hume, Enlightenment, faith, faith and reason, faith and reason series, Miracles, origins, probability theory, skepticism

An Apologia for Charlatanism – On the art of reading much and knowing little

May 3, 2012 by Roy Joseph 1 Comment

After heeding the Surgeon General’s statutory warning that lives, bridges and sermons are not to demise on the reprise of this theme, shall we visit the premise of charlatanism and test its truth and troth. Charlatans are contextual chameleons who can hold a conversation about any topic without having a deeper insight into definitions or […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, The Purpose of Education Tagged With: Apostle Paul, charlatan, conceptual blends, David Hume, Don Quixote, Dulcinea, faith, G.K. Chesteron, Generalists, Gilles Fauconnier, Harry Frankfurt, Mark Turner, Specialists, sprezzatura, The Way We Think

Miracles and the Definition Science

July 7, 2010 by Tom Grosh IV 3 Comments

How do you define science?  What are its boundaries?  Does the scientific mind have any space for miracles? Came across a BioLogos Forum series on Miracles and Science by the physicist Ard Louis.*  Below’s a quote on defining science, from the end of Miracles and Science, Part 1. The problem of deciding where to draw […]

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