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Read MoreToday we continue our late-winter theme of “Order and Structure” with B. T. Newberg’s Socratic interrogation of naturalism. Socrates was known as the gadfly of Athens because he asked the questions no one wanted to answer. While waiting in line for his…
Read More“The most encouraging part for me is when I think how many might never have met each other if not for the site. They might have been in a place like I was – just crossing their fingers that they weren’t alone – but now there’s a sense of community.”
Read MoreThe theme for the rest of this month at HP is “Finding Meaning”. Image contributed by Laura Stevens A common reaction to naturalism is that it means nothing matters. On the contrary, it means everything matters. Nothing can magically…
Read MoreAncient philosophers differed from those today in one crucial way: For them, philosophy was a way of life. Can science, too, be a way of life? Philosophy as a way of life All the ancient philosophers, from Socrates to the…
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