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gadflies: March 2006
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The blog of the Northwestern College (IA) Philosophy Department. Tuesday, March 28, 2006. Alas, the great Stanislaw Lem is dead. Posted by kwacome at 7:59 AM. Friday, March 03, 2006. Would a liberal arts education be better if professors focused more on research and less on teaching? Read this article by Paula Krebs in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Posted by kwacome at 2:15 PM. Why wait until college? The myth of the useless philosophy major. Placing Mind in the Physical World. NWC Works in Progress.
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gadflies: August 2006
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The blog of the Northwestern College (IA) Philosophy Department. Tuesday, August 22, 2006. Does christian belief entail certain philosophical positions? Thomas Guarino thinks so. Or, perhaps, true Christianity entails giving up on Christianity. Posted by Ryan at 9:59 PM. Sunday, August 20, 2006. Is Morality Like Language? In the Boston Globe summarizes some interesting experiments regarding the old fat-man-on-the-trolley-track thought experiment. Quote:. Article found via 3 quarks daily. The myth of the ...
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gadflies: July 2006
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The blog of the Northwestern College (IA) Philosophy Department. Wednesday, July 26, 2006. So, I've started another blog. Not that I've been so active here. I'll blame it on my sabbatical and my attempt to escape NWC as much as possible while remaining in Orange City. Not an easy thing to do. You can get there by clicking on my name above or by using the following link:. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Posted by randy jensen at 12:33 PM. Why wait until college? The myth of the useless philosophy major.
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gadflies: November 2005
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The blog of the Northwestern College (IA) Philosophy Department. Friday, November 18, 2005. An Exchange on Pacifism. Mike, thanks for your thoughtful response and the opportunity to try further to articulate and defend my views. I agree that this is the standard we are called to adopt now. But why think Jesus intends these words to constrain the activities of governments? The implicit assumption that the. To do so. The interesting question is what’s he telling us now. Given our opportunity to advocate, a...
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gadflies: September 2006
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The blog of the Northwestern College (IA) Philosophy Department. Wednesday, September 06, 2006. Philosophy and Monty Python. So there's a new book out there: Monty Python and Philosophy- yet another entry in the hefty book series of [insert popular culture topic here] and Philosophy. Its existence has inspired me to post links to just a few of the many interesting and/or humorous bits of philosophical Python. Enjoy! Germans vs. Greeks. The infamous witch scene. The Bruces' Philosophers' Drinking Song.
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gadflies: October 2006
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The blog of the Northwestern College (IA) Philosophy Department. Wednesday, October 11, 2006. In light of Jay's recent talk and the papers now posted here, folks might find it interesting to read Keith DeRose's take on how a philosopher ought to regard postmodernism. Over at the epistemology blog Certain Doubts. And one of the many comments on his post is by Brian McLaren. To McLaren over at Generous Orthodoxy Think Tank. Lots of stuff to look at. Posted by randy jensen at 9:51 PM. Why wait until college?
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gadflies: October 2005
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The blog of the Northwestern College (IA) Philosophy Department. Sunday, October 30, 2005. Pacifism: Good, Bad and Bogus. A few provocations for my pacifist friends:. Whether this form of pacifism is, despite its moral badness, a reasonable or even a necessary Christian practice is a further issue. There’s no. 2 What can also be regarded as a form of pacifism, though it usually is not described this way, is. Nowadays often known as libertarianism), insofar as it contends that it is morally wrong to.
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gadflies: September 2005
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The blog of the Northwestern College (IA) Philosophy Department. Friday, September 30, 2005. Posted by randy jensen at 10:37 PM. Thought experiments: not intended for public use. Daniel sent this story to me. This morning with the subject line "Why philosophers could never be politicians." This is so very hilarious to me. I keep thinking the politician's responses make them sound like total idiots- the further you read the more absurd it gets. Posted by Ryan at 10:19 AM. Exactly how this is done is a dif...
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gadflies: April 2006
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The blog of the Northwestern College (IA) Philosophy Department. Wednesday, April 12, 2006. Honors Program Panel Discussion. Tuesday, April 18 at 8:00 pm in 215 Van Peursem Hall. Dr Laurie Furlong, Dr. Michael Andres, Rev. Harlan Van Ort, and Dr. Donald Wacome. Posted by kwacome at 1:00 PM. Why wait until college? The myth of the useless philosophy major. Placing Mind in the Physical World. How Should Christians Vote? Do Creationists Believe in Creation? A plug for reading ancient philosophy from Will Sm.
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gadflies: June 2006
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The blog of the Northwestern College (IA) Philosophy Department. Monday, June 12, 2006. New Entries to the Philosophical Lexicon. N A land, allegedly in the antipodes, where philosophy and theology are carried on in a spirit of absolute pessimism. Also, Heglander. As in, "Aw, God is good at least part of the time. Don't be such a heglander! Adj A heretical argument presented with clarity and posed innocence. "His berntsonic argument for the non-existence of Hell was strangely compelling.".
